Learn while cruising: experiential learning opportunities for tourism and hospitality higher education
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Author(s)
Lohmann, G
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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This article follows up on the seminal experience written by Weeden, Woolley, and Lester in 2011 where a cruise field trip was undertaken with a group of undergraduate students in the UK. It presents the reflections of students who undertook a cruise field trip carried out in Australia with 24 undergraduate students. While some of the experiential learning findings obtained in this research (n = 22) support what was presented from the smaller sample of the above-mentioned article (n = 8)-facilitation of group cohesion and first-hand understanding of managerial and operational aspects of the cruise sector-new pedagogical ...
View more >This article follows up on the seminal experience written by Weeden, Woolley, and Lester in 2011 where a cruise field trip was undertaken with a group of undergraduate students in the UK. It presents the reflections of students who undertook a cruise field trip carried out in Australia with 24 undergraduate students. While some of the experiential learning findings obtained in this research (n = 22) support what was presented from the smaller sample of the above-mentioned article (n = 8)-facilitation of group cohesion and first-hand understanding of managerial and operational aspects of the cruise sector-new pedagogical opportunities were also identified.
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View more >This article follows up on the seminal experience written by Weeden, Woolley, and Lester in 2011 where a cruise field trip was undertaken with a group of undergraduate students in the UK. It presents the reflections of students who undertook a cruise field trip carried out in Australia with 24 undergraduate students. While some of the experiential learning findings obtained in this research (n = 22) support what was presented from the smaller sample of the above-mentioned article (n = 8)-facilitation of group cohesion and first-hand understanding of managerial and operational aspects of the cruise sector-new pedagogical opportunities were also identified.
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Journal Title
Tourism in Marine Environments
Volume
10
Issue
1-2
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Subject
Transport planning
Economics, business and management curriculum and pedagogy
Tourism
Tourism not elsewhere classified