E-grāmata: Teaching Tourism: Innovative, Values-based Learning Experiences for Transformative Practices

I strongly encourage all educators in tourism and travel disciplines to make it required reading, as it will not only enrich their teaching but also ignite students enthusiasm for a transformed tourism industry. Academics and educational practitioners from a wide array of disciplines within higher education institutions globally, with a particular emphasis on those specializing in tourism and travel disciplines, will find the stimulating dialogue structured in this book. This book is an inspiring and essential guide for anyone passionate about the future of tourism. It offers fresh insights and innovative strategies that can make learning more exciting and relevant. To enhance educational experience, the book includes a variety of interactive elements designed to engage students actively. -- Po-Ju Chen, Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism The crises threatening tourisms future are causing reflective teachers to re-examine what they are teaching and why. This book synthesizes the knowledge and passion of 45 such educators from diverse origins and disciplines. It is truly a lighthouse in the storm. It sheds light by providing a strong philosophical framework for new approaches to developing tourism curricula focused on values and transformation. In addition to its strong axiological foundations, it contains a wealth of innovative activities and student engagement exercises to ensure its pedagogical relevance. Building on the work of Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI), this book is an inspiration and a much-needed bridge to a new and transformed tourism world. I recommend it as required reading for all tourism educators! -- Pauline Sheldon, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii, US Readers who regard education and learning as a transformative force will embrace this book. The editors and contributors are leading thinkers and educators, including early career and established academics. They have collaborated on chapters about a variety of topics, employing diverse pedagogical approaches to addressing the range of environmental, political and sociocultural issues that students will encounter as future leaders and members of society. Considering the need for inclusive, mindful approaches to reducing humanities environmental impacts, this collection is informed by principles that enable localised, values-based perspectives. Conversation starters and activities complement each chapters discussion and the end result provides thought-provoking inspiration for those who wish to refresh and revitalise their teaching of tourism studies. -- Anna Carr, University of Otago/ Te Whare Wananga o Otago, New Zealand This is a challenging book. It challenges us to think about what, why and how we teach. It does this by a deep inspection of axiology to understand the value(s) of tourism education. It challenges us to be creative in facilitating learning. It does this through its provocative questions and innovative student activities. And it challenges us to have a transformative effect on our students. It does this by engaging students with the pressing issues of tourism. The authors are to be commended for their practical scholarship, their collaborative approach to writing and for bringing clarity to complex issues. Highly recommended. -- John Tribe, York St. John University, UK