Was Thomas Jefferson Trained for His Profession? The Learned versus Trained Hospitality Student
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[1] University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Journal of hospitality and tourism education, ISSN 1096-3758, Vol. 13, Nº. 1, 2001, págs. 25-28
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Hospitality education has become increasingly specialized through the conversion of traditional business courses and limiting the generalized education of the learner in an effort to provide a meaningful hospitality-emphasized learning experience. Students who once studied a broader range of general courses are now seeing this instructional model shift to a highly specialized training curriculum. This paper utilizes the educational path of Thomas Jefferson—a man who did not train for a specific job, but instead had a general interest in education—as an example of an effective instructional model to develop critical-thinking skills in learners and to assist them in a successful hospitality-oriented career. The authors also argue that employers can teach students job skills, but hospitality programs may better serve their students by adopting more of a “liberal 3118” instructional model and integrating knowledge throughout the curriculum. Furthermore, this approach can be integrated into the hospitality curriculum in a relatively straightforward manner
