scholarly journals Editorial Leadership for Transformation in Tourism Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Schott ◽  
Ulrike Gretzel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
University Level ◽  
Industry Needs ◽  
Job Prospects

In light of ever greater financial and philosophical attacks on tourism higher education across the world, it is critical to contemplate the role of tourism education at university level and its place in modern societies. This need for reflection is given urgency by increasingly neoliberal education policies, market-driven universities, and ‘consumers’ with distinctive demands that are able to choose from a growing variety of educational ‘products’. Often relegated to an area of specialization within business studies, tourism is increasingly under pressure to demonstrate its value, which is commonly interpreted as producing graduates with industry-ready skills and good immediate job prospects. This focus has led to tourism higher education that seeks to cater to industry needs and is fundamentally vocational. In doing so it is at the mercy of an industry that still largely subscribes to the dream of the self-made leader/entrepreneur, who emerges in a senior managerial position at the end of a career path that starts with washing dishes and/or cleaning toilets, rather than actively promoting and rewarding formal education.

Schott and Gretzel 2014 JTTT Special Issue TRansformational Leadership Editorial.pdf

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Schott ◽  
Ulrike Gretzel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
University Level ◽  
Industry Needs ◽  
Job Prospects

In light of ever greater financial and philosophical attacks on tourism higher education across the world, it is critical to contemplate the role of tourism education at university level and its place in modern societies. This need for reflection is given urgency by increasingly neoliberal education policies, market-driven universities, and ‘consumers’ with distinctive demands that are able to choose from a growing variety of educational ‘products’. Often relegated to an area of specialization within business studies, tourism is increasingly under pressure to demonstrate its value, which is commonly interpreted as producing graduates with industry-ready skills and good immediate job prospects. This focus has led to tourism higher education that seeks to cater to industry needs and is fundamentally vocational. In doing so it is at the mercy of an industry that still largely subscribes to the dream of the self-made leader/entrepreneur, who emerges in a senior managerial position at the end of a career path that starts with washing dishes and/or cleaning toilets, rather than actively promoting and rewarding formal education.

scholarly journals Editorial Leadership for Transformation in Tourism Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Schott ◽  
Ulrike Gretzel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
University Level ◽  
Industry Needs ◽  
Job Prospects

In light of ever greater financial and philosophical attacks on tourism higher education across the world, it is critical to contemplate the role of tourism education at university level and its place in modern societies. This need for reflection is given urgency by increasingly neoliberal education policies, market-driven universities, and ‘consumers’ with distinctive demands that are able to choose from a growing variety of educational ‘products’. Often relegated to an area of specialization within business studies, tourism is increasingly under pressure to demonstrate its value, which is commonly interpreted as producing graduates with industry-ready skills and good immediate job prospects. This focus has led to tourism higher education that seeks to cater to industry needs and is fundamentally vocational. In doing so it is at the mercy of an industry that still largely subscribes to the dream of the self-made leader/entrepreneur, who emerges in a senior managerial position at the end of a career path that starts with washing dishes and/or cleaning toilets, rather than actively promoting and rewarding formal education.

Efficiency Driven Effect of Education in China: The Perspective of Global Competitiveness and Graduate Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Jia Liu ◽  
Lun Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Education In China

Capital, natural resources, technology and education are often considered to be the most important factors in improving the level of economic development. China is in the "efficiency-driven" stage of economic development. There are objective laws in the development of education level and economic growth, but they interact with each other. Economic growth provides the foundation and necessary conditions for the development of education. At the same time, the role of education in promoting economic growth is also very obvious. Based on the perspective of postgraduate training, this paper studies the role of education in economic efficiency-driven, through the study of theory, data collection and empirical analysis, combined with the development characteristics of China's higher education, and compares China's and US higher education policies to guide China's higher education. The development of education, and then promote the transformation of China into the "innovation-driven" stage, has certain theoretical and practical significance.

scholarly journals INFORMAL EDUCATION AS A PROJECTED IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS OF EMPLOYEES OF ORGANIZATIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Warul Walidin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Individual Personality ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Two Sides

Technologies of vocational training play an important role in the concept of informal education and they can be implemented as in higher education, and organizational learning. In the modern understanding of education the two sides are emphasized - the communion of each person to the society and the development of individual personality features. If formal education is moving towards these goals systematically and purposefully at certain training sessions, the place and time of informal education is in no way limited. Informal education can be characterized not only by independent, human progress in cultural development, but also directed and projected improvement of professional and personal skills of employees of organizations. The purpose of this papers to examine informal education not only as an independent, but also as a guide and the projected improvement of the professional and personal skills of employees of organizations. The leading approaches to the study of this problem are social-pedagogical and managerial approaches to substantiate the essence of the process and the role of leaders of organizations trained in the management of such education.

scholarly journals Antecedents of Job Performance of Tourism Graduates: Evidence from State University-Graduated Employees in Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 16-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruwan Ranasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Industry Needs ◽  
The Impact

Each one in eleven jobs in the world are from tourism sector where a well trained, educated and skilled work force is mandetory. Despite the growth in provision of tourism higher education during past 40 years, uncertainties remain about the content and nature of tourism degrees and how these are aligned with tourism industry needs. Substantial evidence is available on designing tourism higher education curriculum but the extent to which tourism higher education meets the industry needs and the job performance of the graduates has not yet been closely investigated. This study aims to identify the impact of tourism education on the job performance of the tourism graduates. Self-administered questionnaire fielded across the Island secured 260 public sector university tourism graduates response. Data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling in Smart-PLS-3. The study found learning outcomes have a moderate positive relationship on job performance. Tourism graduates showed optimistic perception about tourism education in meeting industry requirements. As recommendations tourism curriculum must be well planned and enriched with supplementary practical exposure. Faculty members must provide a great support for the undergraduates in accomplishing their carrier objectives and the learning outcomes. Conducive learning environment should be facilitated to reach learning outcomes smoothly.

scholarly journals Policy and Prediction: The Case of Institutional Diversity in Romanian Higher Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Lazăr Vlăsceanu ◽  
Marian-Gabriel Hâncean
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Institutional Diversity ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Predictive Capacity ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
Institutional Differentiation ◽  
University Level ◽  
Historical Developments

Presenting key elements of post-1990 historical developments in the Romanian higher education system, the emphasis is put on recent (2011) policies of increasing higher education institutional differentiation. The view is that, in policy design, due attention should be paid to both historical roots and predicted developments. Building on an institutional analysis approach, we put forward a theoretical model that aims to explore the predictive implications of some recently promoted higher education policies. These policies are expected to increase institutional differentiation at the systemic level and enhance quality in teaching and research at university level. The predictive capacity of a model of reference is tested against a concurrent model. The key assumption of the latter is that of considering higher education institutions (HEIs) as “cooperative systems” that are unable to generate those outputs and  outcomes that, by aggregation, would contribute to the construction of an institutionally diverse and heterogeneous higher education landscape. 

scholarly journals Penyuluhan Pentingnya Pendidikan Untuk Perempuan Millenial

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Nurdiyana Nurdiyana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
College Knowledge ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
University Level ◽  
Interest And Knowledge

Education can improve the standard of living for the better. The need for the importance of education does not only belong to men, women also have the same opportunity to study up to university level. But the reality is that not all women can go to college. Problems related to lack of interest and knowledge of the importance of education were found in Sasak Village, especially for the problem of education for young women there, most of whom only completed education only to the high school / equivalent level. To overcome this, activities need to be held to educate about the importance of education. The method used in this activity is expository, namely in the form of material delivery verbally and social approach, namely looking at the educational background of the community in delivering the material. The results obtained in this activity were that the community's insight increased more about the importance of education, because previously they assumed that women did not have to study until college. Knowledge gained by the community in this activity can motivate teenagers to be able to continue their education to college, and can change the views of parents about the importance of education. It is expected that counseling activities on the importance of education will be sustained supported by the participation of all citizens and the role of the Regional Government to be able to facilitate local people so that they can have the opportunity to continue their education to higher education.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ CONFIDENCE IN THEIR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ABILITIES: THE ROLE OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND EDUCATION

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-117
Author(s):  
Francka Lovšin Kozina ◽  
Nina Ponikvar
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Management Capability ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of gender, age, parent’s education, scholarship and students’ education on students’ confidence in their financial management capability and knowledge. In the research, 259 students participated from two different faculties – the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Economics. This investigation has revealed that the likelihood of students’ confidence in their financial management capability and knowledge is significantly smaller for students who do not specialize in economics or business studies, and for female students. The likelihood of confidence in their financial management capability and knowledge also statistically significantly increases with the father’s educational level, but, interestingly, not with the mother’s. The results also showed, although it is not statistically significant, that students on scholarships on average express a higher confidence in their financial management capability and knowledge. Therefore, the adequacy of the current educational policy (formal and non-formal education) should be considered. Key words: confidence, education, financial literacy, money management, perception.

The Collegial Tradition in English Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 145-158
Author(s):  
David Palfreyman ◽  
Ted Tapper
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
State Control ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Competition And Cooperation ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
The University

The basic structure of the Oxbridge type evolved historically as a federal set of multi-disciplinary and largely self-governing colleges. Each set was balanced between competition and cooperation. A distinct feature is that teaching is divided between the university role of organizing and examining taught courses, and the college role of organizing the attendant processes of student learning, especially via the system of tutorials/supervisions, a form of apprenticeship in critical thinking. University policy is strongly influenced by faculty assemblies. This formula is now under pressure from greater dependence on government research funding, and from new performance criteria in evaluation. There are fears that new forms of state control will result in a decline of autonomy, and so the capacity for academic initiative, as universities as a whole become more market-driven.

KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA UNIT PELAKSANA TEKNIS (UPT) PENDIDIKAN KECAMATAN DALAM IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PENDIDIKAN NONFORMAL DI KABUPATEN BANJAR

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumadi Sumadi
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Development Agency ◽  
Leadership Policy ◽  
Monitoring Information

District Education Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) having duties and functions includes providing guidance to PAUD education units and non-formal education. In an effort to realize the vision, mission, and goals of education, as well as an increase in the average number of years of schooling in Banjar district, an important role of the Head of the UPT is needed. District education, namely: (1) interpersonal roles, informational roles, role of decision makers, and the role of supervision in the implementation of non-formal education policies. The purpose of this study in detail is to describe and explain: (1) the role of interpersonal (2) informational role, (3) the role of decision maker (decision maker), (4) the role of controlling the head of the UPT. Education in Martapura, Astambul, and Mataraman Districts in the implementation of non-formal education policies. This study uses a qualitative approach to naturalistic phenomenology, with a multi-case study study design using in-depth interview techniques, observation, and documentation studies, holistic data analysis, and reporting by describing themes, issues, and implications of the phenomenon between cases contextually. The results showed that: (1) The role of interpersonal head of the UPT. Martapura District Education, UPT. Astambul Education, and UPT. Mataraman District education in the implementation of non-formal education policies tends to be persuasive, participatory, and motivational styles in the implementation of non-formal education policies. (2) Informational roles tend to delegate to staff, and those who are trusted in receiving, sharing and monitoring information, are focused on the leadership in receiving, sharing, and monitoring information, and adjusting the situation and conditions as well as the substance of information (delegation or centralization to the leadership). (3) Role of Decision Makers leaders tend towards democratic, participatory and situational types. (4) The role of supervision carried out by leaders varies according to scheduled, unscheduled, scheduled but tentative adjusting needs, oriented to the process and results in supporting the implementation of non-formal education policies. Suggestions are addressed to: (1) UPT. District Education in the Banjar Regency region, the results of this study can provide a positive contribution to the increasing role of the Head of the UPT. Education from the perspective of leadership management, (2) the Education Office of Banjar Regency as the Development Agency, the results of this study can provide input as a policy direction, (3) Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) of South Kalimantan Province as a reference for the development and improvement of human resources leadership and as a reference in adding repertoire to further research.Keywords: Role of Leadership, Policy Implementation, Non-formal Education

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