An Examination of Current Hospitality and Tourism Teaching Methods

TLDR

The authors examined teaching methods and materials used in hospitality and tourism classrooms. The authors surveyed International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education members via an electronic questionnaire, inventorying teaching techniques, media, activities, and evaluation methods, and examined relationships among variables across school types, subjects, positions, and gender. The study offers suggestions for improving future teaching and learning in hospitality.

Abstract

Abstract The authors examined teaching methods and materials used in hospitality and tourism classrooms. International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education members were sampled using an electronic survey accessed through an email link. The researchers inventoried techniques, support media, types of activities used in teaching and evaluation, and investigated relationships between these variables. Similarities and differences between public and private schools, two-year and four-year schools, subject matter taught, the type of teaching position held by the educator, and gender differences were also explored. Suggestions are presented for the future of teaching and learning in hospitality.