Tourism Degree Education in Australia and Its Relevance to China

Craig-Smith, Stephen J.; Ding, Peiyi

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“…Eight courses were identified in the upper right quadrant 'Keep Up The Good Work' as they were perceived high importance and performance. The courses titles as perceived respectively; Second Language (1), (2), (3) and 4 Tourism, Airlines (1) and (2), and First Language (1), (2), (3) and (4). Hence, the findings suggested that the current conditions and expected outcomes were being met and these were strengths.…”

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“…Nowadays, the number of institutions embracing Higher Tourism Education (HTE) has increased over the last 30 years. 3 Recently, they have come under increasing pressure to improve the quality and efficiency of the education services they provide, particularly as it relates to the preparation of graduates for the working environment. Institutions have long deliberated the issues of course content and design.…”

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Are We Teaching What We Should? Re-Visiting Importance-Performance Analysis to Evaluate Tourism Studies Program

Zaki

2014

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hos

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Importance-Performance Analysis is a common technique that is used to understand customer satisfaction and service quality. As a method, it has been used effectively in education to close the loop between curriculum design, course feedback in class and graduate performance of learned tasks on the job. Using its' output helps to better understand the intended learning outcomes and related courses and thereby improve tourism studies program. This paper briefly revisits the IPA methodology integrated into Kirkpatrick's four-level framework of evaluation. A questionnaire survey was conducted among tourism studies graduates of the Higher Institute of Tourism and Hotels in Egypt in order to assess the degree to which learned knowledge or skills transferred to the actual job. The results demonstrated that data as a function of importance and performance allowed identification of working areas and those need further modification or rather removal. The implications derived by this study provide useful insights for enhancing programs of tourism studies in the Egyptian higher education.

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Are We Teaching What We Should? Re-Visiting Importance-Performance Analysis to Evaluate Tourism Studies Program

Zaki

2014

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hos

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“…Mercadotecnia turística y turismo social. De los resultados se destaca que el 75% de los programas tiene un claro enfoque a la administración; el 9% está centrado en cuestiones medio ambientales, turismo de naturaleza, ecoturismo y áreas afines; el 8% de los programas está enfocado a la mercadotecnia turística; la categoría de turismo social obtuvo un 8% de asignación y abarca programas concentrados en temas como diversidad cultural, conservación del patrimonio y una interpretación de las circunstancias locales y regionales (Tan y Morgan, 2001;Craig-Smith y Ding, 2007). Los resultados destacan una clara tendencia de programas centrados en las necesidades del sector productivo.…”

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Aportaciones para un estado de la cuestión sobre pertinencia en la formación profesional turística

González-Fonseca

Tamayo-Salcedo

Martínez

2019

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Existe un número considerable de trabajos sobre pertinencia en la educación superior. Sin embargo, es reducido el número de estudios sobre pertinencia en la formación de profesionales en turismo de México. El objetivo del trabajo es presentar aportaciones para el estado de la cuestión sobre pertinencia en la formación profesional turística, en el período 2000-2015, a través del análisis de artículos indexados publicados. El primer momento es el procedimiento metodológico; el segundo es un recorrido sobre las interpretaciones del término pertinencia en la educación superior; el tercero es el resultado de una investigación documental sobre la postura de los académicos acerca de la pertinencia en la formación de profesionales en turismo y, la última sección, presenta las conclusiones y futuras líneas de investigación. Entre los resultados más relevantes, se destaca la constante preocupación por la relación universidad-sociedad y las tensiones existentes entre la formación de profesionales en turismo y el mundo del trabajo.

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“…y evident between the provision of tourism education, industry views about the types of attribute needed by graduates (e.g., Zhang and Wu 2004) and the views of tourism educators (e.g., Zhang et al 2001). Through the period of rapid growth, only about 35 per cent and five per cent, respectively, of China's universities have established tourism and hospitality programmes at undergraduate and post-graduate levels (Craig-Smith and Ding 2007). Students enrolled in degree programmes account for approximately 10 per cent of total enrolments (Li 2008).…”

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“…Although Australia has a relatively short history of tourism and hospitality education, most universities offer some form of undergraduate and/ or postgraduate tourism programme provision (either coursework or research-based). However, the longest established universities have little involvement in undergraduate tourism education (Craig- Smith and Ding 2007;Pearce 2006). Among international students, coursework-based programmes have been especially popular with nine out of ten international postgraduate students in Australia enrolled in a coursework degree .…”

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The Experiences of Chinese Tourism and Hospitality Postgraduate Students in Australia

Davidson¹,

King²,

Ying³

2011

Tourism Recreation Research

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Australia has attracted substantial Chinese enrolments into tourism and hospitality programmes. This qualitative study examines the experiences of Chinese postgraduate students undertaking a master's degree in tourism and hospitality within Australia. Chinese students enrolled in programmes at two major providers of tourism higher education participated in a series of focus groups and interviews. Respondents indicated that their unfamiliarity with the cultural and learning environment impacted on many aspects of their life generally and study particularly. It is clear that a significant gap exists between prevailing approaches within Australia towards tourism and hospitality education and the perceptions of Chinese students about their learning specifically and experience in general. Some of the discrepancies include the process of selection into a programme, the role of exams and assessment, styles of teaching and learning, engagement with industry, and approaches to knowledge. In addressing and subsequently overcoming these challenges, respondents felt that they had acquired considerable cross-cultural, academic, and practical benefits.

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Tourism Degree Education in Australia and Its Relevance to China

Cited by 6 publications

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Are We Teaching What We Should? Re-Visiting Importance-Performance Analysis to Evaluate Tourism Studies Program

Are We Teaching What We Should? Re-Visiting Importance-Performance Analysis to Evaluate Tourism Studies Program

Aportaciones para un estado de la cuestión sobre pertinencia en la formación profesional turística

The Experiences of Chinese Tourism and Hospitality Postgraduate Students in Australia

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