Kara Wolfe, assistant professor of apparel, design and hospitality management, will publish an article, titled "Tertiary Travel and Tourism Education: Using Action Research Cycles to Provide Information on Pedagogical Applications Associated with Reflexivity, Team-based Learning and Communities of Practice," in the Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism.
The purpose of the article is to provide ideas for faculty to reflect on and improve their teaching. "Part of pedagogical practice is continuous monitoring and evaluation of classroom teaching strategies in order to innovate curricula as well as motivate and engage students (and educators)," Wolfe stated in her abstract for the article.
Using repetitive cycles of action research associated with pedagogical innovation, this paper presents three successful pedagogical practices, including reflexivity, team-based learning and communities of practice that educators can use and adapt for their own courses, units or subjects. The practices engage students and work toward addressing the various challenges both internally and externally, which tertiary travel and tourism educators constantly face and address.