Naslov
Global Education Challenge: Trends and Ideas

Autori
Fox, Renata

Izvornik
Tourism and Hospitality Management (1330-7533) 9 (2003), 1; 35-48

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Croatian tourism and hospitality education; excellence; spiral of knowledge; learner-oriented curricula

Sažetak
World-wide, education for tourism and hospitality is undergoing a major transformation. Approaches, strategies and programmes are being reassessed. Tourism and hospitality schools are being made more attractive to the prospective students and more appropriate to the needs of the hospitality industry. Because education is one of the greatest single investments in the life of a professionally qualified person, a student's choice of her/his school is unequivocally associated to value. This paper discusses the importance of innovativeness and knowledge in education in the light of global--social, intellectual and professional--mobility. It shows how the quality challenge has started major process of change in education, and how implementation of strict, objective and transparent criteria in an educational establishment can lead to success.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Pedagogija

Napomena
Rad je nastao kao rezultat zajedničkog trogodišnjeg (1997-2000) projekta Ministarstva znanosti Republike Hrvatske (MOST) i British Councila: "Hotel and Tourism Management Education Development" (ALIS LINK ZAG/984/CRO032).

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