Tourism Vocational Education Research Articles

Cognitive, affective and behavioural repercussions of perceived quality in tourism vocational education: insights from self-determination theory

PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the influence of the perceived quality by students regarding their experiences in vocational schools in tourism, hospitality and food service on cognitive and affective responses (satisfaction, self-efficacy expectations and self-regulation strategies of motivation for learning - SRSML) and commitment (behavioural response).Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional survey was conducted with 454 students from twelve Turismo de Portugal IP-affiliated schools. The theoretical framework was rooted in Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and PLS-SEM, using ADANCO 2.3 software to test the proposed model.FindingsPerceived quality by students concerning their school experiences are socio-contextual factors that directly influence their satisfaction and self-efficacy expectations (cognitive and affective responses). Satisfaction and self-efficacy expectations positively affected SRSML. Finally, satisfaction and the SRSML positively impacted the students` commitment to schools (behavioural response).Originality/valueThis study contributes to academia by comprehensively addressing 16 perceived quality dimensions within vocational education. It aligns with SDT, revealing that socio-contextual factors affect students’ cognitive, affective, and behavioural responses. Additionally, it demonstrates positive relationships between student satisfaction, self-efficacy expectations, SRSML, and students’ commitment to vocational education institutions. This study emphasises the multidimensional nature of perceived quality, urging educational institutions to address tangible and intangible dimensions to develop strategies to provide high-quality experiences, increasing students` satisfaction, self-efficacy expectations, motivation, and commitment.

Bridging The Gap Between Tourism Science And Vocational Education: Strategies To Increase Industry Relevance In Indonesia

Indonesia's tourism industry is growing rapidly, but the gap between tourism science and vocational education continues to hinder the development of quality human resources. This journal examines strategies to bridge this gap and increase industry relevance, focusing on the Indonesian context. A comprehensive literature review identified several key strategies, including: Computational Social Science Integration, Industry-University Collaboration, Executive-in-Residence Models, and Industry Engagement in Curriculum Development. The effective implementation of these strategies can increase the relevance of tourism vocational education to the industry, producing a skilled and work-ready workforce that contributes to the growth and sustainability of Indonesia's tourism industry.

Integrating MORS Standards into Tourism Vocational Education: A Case Study from a Chinese Vocational and Technical College

This study delves into the integration of MORS standards in vocational tourism education at Jiangmen Polytechnic. The research indicates that the incorporation of MORS standards significantly enhances both the quality of education and the professional skills of students. Additionally, through modern apprenticeship pilot programs and other school-enterprise cooperative pathways, the college has extended MORS standards to industry practice, improving service levels in the regional tourism industry. Faced with challenges in resource allocation and teacher training, the college adopted strategies such as increased investment, optimized resource allocation, and organized teacher participation in training. Moreover, considering the differences between MORS standards and the actual industry requirements in Guangdong Province, the college selectively introduced certified occupational standards. These practices not only demonstrate the college's capability in educational innovation and industry adaptation but also offer valuable insights to other vocational and technical colleges, especially in the innovation and improvement of tourism vocational education.

PENGARUH PERSEPSI TERHADAP KESIAPAN KERJA MELALUI KEPUASAN PRAKTEK KERJA LAPANGAN MAHASISWA PERGURUAN TINGGI VOKASI PARIWISATA

On the Job Training (OJT) as part of the tourism vocational education curriculum is more than just a requirement to meet the adequacy of student graduation credits, OJT is required to provide student experience and competence to work after graduation. This study aims to determine work readiness which is determined by the perception and satisfaction of student OJT . This is a quantitative research utilizing the Structural Equation Model (SEM) as an analysis method. Utilizing the Work Readiness Scale (WRS) to quantify the level of student work readiness, the research results revealed that student perceptions did not significantly affect student OJT satisfaction, student OJT perception and satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on work readiness, while an indirect relationship between student perceptions of work readiness through OJT satisfaction showed insignificant results. These results conclude that factors that affect job satisfaction during the implementation of OJT have a significant impact on student work readiness. In the end, tourism vocational universities are required to be able to manage OJT well as an effort to create graduates who have competence and are ready to work and are highly competitive in the business world.

The role of innovative technology in multicultural vocational tourism education.

The role of innovative technology in multicultural vocational tourism education.

The Development of Interactive English Multimedia in Tourism Vocational Education as an Adaptive Learning Strategy in the Midst of Covid-19 Pandemic

The online learning process on tourism vocational education during COVID-19 pandemic has been observed to be nonoptimal in Indonesia. Lack of educators’ knowledge and skills in creating interactive media was the obstacle, where at vocational education, more practice was required rather than theoretical materials delivery. The idea of “digital for everything” was introduced as the standard phase of work. This world has forced by Covid-19 pandemic to the digitalization. This study has two objectives, first to identify barriers in learning process, and second, to develop interactive English multimedia. This research was designed as R&D method. The research subjects involved media and contents experts as alpha test subjects. Alpha test results were used as the basis for the first revision. Participation of PIB students with high, medium, and low abilities were used as beta test subjects. The final product was validated by the validator team, then applied in the learning process. The results showed there was an increase in student satisfaction from moderate (5.81) to very good (8.21) when lecturers apply interactive multimedia using videos, animations and other interactive multimedia. Developed interactive English for tourism multimedia was effective during COVID-19 pandemic and can be accessed by students anywhere and anytime.

The Role of the Tourism Authority in Managing Vocational Tourism Education: The Role of the Tourism Authority in Managing Vocational Tourism Education and the Impact of Resolution No. 54 of 2015 on the Educational Outputs of Tourism and Hotel Institutes in Iraq

The Role of the Tourism Authority in Managing Vocational Tourism Education: The Role of the Tourism Authority in Managing Vocational Tourism Education and the Impact of Resolution No. 54 of 2015 on the Educational Outputs of Tourism and Hotel Institutes in Iraq

Vocational education in tourism at undergraduate level in Himachal Pradesh, India: exploring the gap between industry expectations and academic deliverables

ABSTRACT This research was conducted among 50 participants from the tourism industry and 356 students pursuing vocational (tourism) education at the undergraduate level in government colleges of Himachal Pradesh (India). Industry professionals were sampled to identify a list of competencies that they expect in graduates, while, students were surveyed to understand whether educators are effective in delivering such competencies. The research aimed to explore the industry-academia gap in Vocational Tourism Education (VTE) at the undergraduate level. A seven-point Likert-type opinionnaire which included a list of competencies confirmed by industry professionals was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were utilized for data analysis. Results led to the identification of 35 competencies that industry expects of its potential employees. The study revealed the efficiency of educators in delivering most of the generic competencies. Whilst there exists a scope of improvement in most of the generic-vocational, vocational, and applied competencies.

ІННОВАЦІЙНО-ІНФОРМАЦІЙНІ ПІДХОДИ В ПІДГОТОВЦІ КАДРІВ ДЛЯ ТУРИСТИЧНОЇ ІНДУСТРІЇ

The main tasks of information and communication technologies of education are defined in the article, the directions of their introduction in professional training of future managers of tourism are considered: studying of hardware and software of tourist office; formation of skills in automating the work of a travel agency; study of methods and strategies of advertising, the formation of skills in the organization of tourism business on the Internet; study of methods of working with information retrieval systems. More than 80 higher educational institutions of Ukraine and even more professional institutions of lower level of accreditation train tourism specialists. This, of course, contributes to the development of the tourism industry, but the low level of cooperation between vocational tourism education institutions and enterprises does not allow for the development of high quality not only theoretical but also practical aspects of education. Lack of practical skills hinders the development of the tourism sector, as companies need to train employees in the workplace, losing not only time but also money. In turn, higher education institutions are interested in making their graduates competitive in the labor market, as this is an indicator of the quality of training of a particular institution and a good basis for future cooperation between the employer and the educational institution.Innovative pedagogical activity is associated with the rejection of well-known stereotypes in the teaching, education and development of the student's personality, creates new standards of personal and creative, individually oriented activities of the teacher, develops pedagogical technologies implemented in this activity. This is especially important today, when an important priority of public policy in the labor market is to optimize the training of the population with an emphasis not on assessing the learning process, but as a result, not on the duration of training, but on its quality. Key words: innovative technologies, educational technologies, professional competence, professional training, communication technologies.

Quality Problems in Vocational Tourism Education

We consider the quality of vocational tourism education in terms of world trends of tourism industry development. We identify and describe the quality problems of vocational tourism education in detail from interested focus groups using empirical and theoretical methods. We also note that there is insufficient attention to the development and improvement of vocational tourism education in the world by UNESCO, a low level of scientific research in terms of assessment, and the absence of quality monitoring mechanisms of vocational tourism education level. We analyze the definition of “sustainable tourism” to ensure the quality of the tourism experience in three aspects: environmental, socio-cultural, and economic. As a result, we formulated the definition of vocational tourism education, considering modern business approaches to quality assessment. Besides, we offer innovative ways of partnership and cooperation in providing quality training for the tourism and hospitality industry at the international and national levels.

International academic mobility in tourism vocational education as a factor of the international labor market's development

International academic mobility in tourism vocational education as a factor of the international labor market's development

Construction of Tourism Vocational Education Curriculum Evaluation System Based on Performance Evaluation

The high-quality development of tourism industry puts forward high requirements for the supply of tourism talents. Tourism vocational education should shoulder the mission bravely, further improve the teaching conditions of software and hardware, especially do a good job in the construction of curriculum system, and introduce performance evaluation to ensure that the construction of curriculum system is scientific and effective, which can ensure the high-level development of tourism vocational education.

Research on the Teaching Reform of Tourism Vocational Education Based on the Idea of "Integration of Teaching and Doing"——Taking the Handicraft Course of Batik Dyeing as an Example

As a treasure of ethnic minority art and culture, in order to explore its value, inherit and develop the traditional handcrafts with national characteristics, batik has been included in the special elective courses system of tourism management, art design and other related majors in Guizhou Province; This article takes the Handicraft Course of Batik Dyeing of S Vocational School as an example, based on "teaching and doing" ideal research on the reform of classroom teaching practice to explore, and the validity deficiency is put forward in view of the present teaching practice teaching design, improve Secondary Vocational Schools and Vocational Colleges students' personalized development space, enhance the research ability of teachers' the handicraft Course of batik Dyeing, and provides reference examples for the tourism vocational education characteristic classroom teaching reform.

Comparative study of tourism Education on vocational level in Hungary and Finland

The rapid growth of tourism in Hungary and the labour migration to abroad resulted in a serious labour shortage in the industry. One of the sources of skilled and motivated workforce is the system of tourism vocational education and training, which can just slowly react to market changes due to its inertness. In addition, the highly centralized system provides low-level of freedom to respond to regional differences, as the National Core Curriculum and its related regulatory documents are compulsory for the institutions and maintainers implementing them.
 This paper seeks for possible solutions to the prevailing challenges by a comparative examination of the tourism VET system in Finland and Hungary. As a result the author propounds possible alternatives to develop secondary tourism education.

The influence of employees’ knowledge, organisational commitment, and culture on the innovativeness of vocational educational

ABSTRACT This study examines the innovation process in Hospitality and Tourism Vocational Education Schools (HTVES) in Spain. HTVES not only have to innovate to update the contents, including the operative and management changes that have occurred in the organisations where the students will work, but they also have to be a laboratory of ideas, initiatives, and projects that produce innovations for the tourism sector. In this regard, understanding what resources intervene in the innovation process and how they are related, strengthening or inhibiting the process, would be quite useful for these schools. This paper analyses the effect of two human resources, human capital and affective commitment, and one organisational resource, culture, on the innovativeness of HTVES. The results suggest that human capital and affective commitment alone do not have a relevant effect on innovativeness without the existence of a suitable organisational culture that looks after employees’ wellbeing and foments collective activities.

Designing problem-based learning (PBL) model for tourism vocational education in 4.o industry

The consequences of globalization should be anticipated and adjusted in education, especially the teaching and learning process. The revolution industry of 4.0 has caused some disruption in various aspects including education that is intended for the purpose of learning and innovation skills. The objective of this study is to improve the quality of learning by applying the literacy movement, character values as a provision for life and career skills using the PBL method in tourism vocational education. By applying the descriptive qualitative research method, the data, both primary and secondary, were collected through participant observation in three classes of different study programs in the Tourism Department, Bali State Polytechnic, interview, and literature study. The study found, so far, the implementation of PBL model in the classrooms has been effective. The essence of PBL is regarded as problem-solving activities, which is in the hierarchy of high order thinking skills (HOTS). As a result, the students while giving solutions to problems in various tourism workforce are able to master critical thinking skills, collaboration in teams/social interactions, and soft skills.

Analysis on the Promotion Path of Teaching Competence of Tourism Vocational Education Teachers from the Perspective of Industry-Education Integration

<p>To improve the level of teaching skill and professional knowledge reserve of tourism teachers in higher vocational colleges, it is necessary to improve the teaching competence of tourism vocational education teachers from the perspective of industry-education integration. In addition, the significant improvement of teachers' teaching quality is related to the effective improvement of teaching ability, the development of teachers' professional quality, and the cultivation of students' professional quality and sustainable development ability. Based on the research perspective of industry-education integration, this paper analyzes the common problems existing in vocational education teaching of teachers in higher vocational colleges, and points out the specific ways to improve the competence of tourism vocational teachers, in order to provide scientific theoretical basis for the long-term development of tourism vocational education.</p>

The Concept of Vocational High School Development Industry-Based in Central Lombok Regency

The purpose of this study is to develop the concept of Tourism Vocational High School that launched by the Government in improving the quality, relevance and competitiveness of tourism Vocational Education output. The amount of tourism potential contribution in Central Lombok Regency is an opportunity for tourism Vocational Schools to develop into Industrial-based Vocational Schools in Central Lombok Regency. The researchers use qualitative research as a research method by collecting the information, doing interview, literature, stakeholder analysis; teachers, principals and other policy makers, analysis of factors that support the suitability of vocational skills programs with industry potential by using Delphi, conformity analysis, and triagulation analysis. The results of the research revealed that the concept of developing tourism Vocational Schools can be improved by paying attention to the supporting factors according to the expertise of Vocational Tourism with tourism potential in Central Lombok Regency. The concept of development can be through the efficiency and effectiveness of school management; operational costs of education, students, competence of teaching staff, facilities and infrastructure, and the relationship of vocational schools with industry to the local area.

Оценка качества профессионального туристского образования в международных системах сертификации

The article analyzes the international quality systems of vocational tourism education. The main focus is on the dynamics of the development of these systems for the evaluation and accreditation of higher education institutions programs in the field of tourism and hospitality. The competencies necessary for a graduate of a tourism university to undergo international certification are highlighted.

Construction and Practice of Running School through Vocational Education Group and Sharing Public Training Bases—Taking Public Base Construction in Chengdu Tourism Vocational Education Group as an Example

Running school through vocational education group is closely related to the development of regional economy. The operation and construction provide great talent support and intelligence guarantee for the regional economic development. However, due to the different departments, ownership of property rights and the pursuit of most vocational education groups in China, the vocational education groups are eager to look for the basis and link of the combination of school and enterprise, schools, and the sharing of resources. The principle of intensive co-construction and sharing resource advocated by the construction of shared public training base not only conforms to the trend of regional economic development, but also solves the core foundation of running school through vocational education group and establishes the resources link between school and enterprise, school and school, which is an important measure to integrate resources and nurture vocational talents in the current mode. This paper explores the construction idea and operation mechanism of the shared training base of vocational education group. Vocational education group is an educational group formed by vocational colleges and enterprises to realize resource sharing, complementary advantages and cooperative development whose main tasks are to promote school-enterprise cooperation, deepen teaching reform, broaden service functions and meet the needs of students, so as to create a vocational education that integrate personnel training, teaching and scientific research, staff training, skills appraisal, project research and development, information consultation and technical services. Due to the different departments, ownership of property rights and the pursuit of most vocational education groups in China, the vocational education groups are eager to look for the basis and link of the combination of school and enterprise, schools, and the sharing of resources after the establishment of many vocational education groups in China. The principle of intensive co-construction and sharing resource advocated by the construction of shared public training base not only conforms to the trend of regional economic development, but also meets the requirements of running school through vocational education group, which is an important measure to integrate school-enterprise resources and nurture vocational talents in the current mode. As the core of vocational education construction, how to better play its leading role in training outstanding talents and local economic construction is crucial research content of running school through vocational education group for training base.