Building reflective practitioners on business programmes: An action research study

Faculty engaged on Masters programmes at a Swiss hotel school participated in an action research project which aimed to provide ongoing quality improvement within the curriculum. This article describes how the research team addressed one specific issue: the claim that the programmes would help stude...

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Published inThe journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 20 - 36
Main Authors Johns, Nick, Henwood, Judy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Limited 01.04.2009
Subjects
Action research
Emotions
Experiential learning
Faculty Development
Learning Processes
Learning Theories
Reflective teaching
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Faculty engaged on Masters programmes at a Swiss hotel school participated in an action research project which aimed to provide ongoing quality improvement within the curriculum. This article describes how the research team addressed one specific issue: the claim that the programmes would help students to become reflective practitioners. The project took place over 3 academic years and the findings show that reflective learning occurred and that, in some cases, the reflective process persisted after the students had left the institution. The findings also shed light on the nature of reflective learning, both from practical experience and from courses of study, and support the findings of other studies into this phenomenon. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1473-8376
1473-8376
DOI:10.3794/johlste.81.179