“…Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire (1970) has long questioned the traditional dynamics between students, their teachers, and society. More recently, tourism and leisure pedagogues have expressed similar criticisms (Baldwin, Mainieri, & Brookover, 2013;Belhassen & Caton, 2011;Boluk & Carnicelli, 2019;Carnicelli & Boluk, 2017;Fenton & Gallant, 2016;Paddison & Mortimer, 2016). Baldwin et al (2013), faculty of a Recreation and Tourism Management Department, contend that the rigid structure of traditional classrooms "can become like a prison to innovation and a refuge for silos" (p. 65), which smothers students' passion, excitement, and desire to engage.…”