Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]

This paper examines an instructor and university students’ views of different types of transnational tourism programs in Vietnam. A mixed methods research design, incorporating an online survey with 49 students, and an in-depth interview with one instructor, was utilised. Findings indicated that stu...

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Main Authors: Anh, Hai Le, Klieve, Helen, McDonald, Christine V.
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Published: Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia 2015
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spelling my.uitm.ir.446192021-03-31T06:46:20Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44619/ Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.] Anh, Hai Le Klieve, Helen McDonald, Christine V. Travel and state. Tourism Higher Education Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service This paper examines an instructor and university students’ views of different types of transnational tourism programs in Vietnam. A mixed methods research design, incorporating an online survey with 49 students, and an in-depth interview with one instructor, was utilised. Findings indicated that students had high expectations in both programs, but exhibited different satisfaction levels in the two programs. Students were generally satisfied with the program employing a fully adopted western curriculum, yet disappointed by the partially westernised program in which each provider accounts for 50% of the content. Findings from this study provide useful insights for transnational education providers, and tourism practitioners for future collaborations regarding curriculum development. Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44619/1/44619.pdf Anh, Hai Le and Klieve, Helen and McDonald, Christine V. (2015) Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts, 7 (1). pp. 32-92. ISSN 1985-8914 , 2590-3837 https://www.jthca.org/
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topic Travel and state. Tourism
Higher Education
Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
spellingShingle Travel and state. Tourism
Higher Education
Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
Anh, Hai Le
Klieve, Helen
McDonald, Christine V.
Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]
description This paper examines an instructor and university students’ views of different types of transnational tourism programs in Vietnam. A mixed methods research design, incorporating an online survey with 49 students, and an in-depth interview with one instructor, was utilised. Findings indicated that students had high expectations in both programs, but exhibited different satisfaction levels in the two programs. Students were generally satisfied with the program employing a fully adopted western curriculum, yet disappointed by the partially westernised program in which each provider accounts for 50% of the content. Findings from this study provide useful insights for transnational education providers, and tourism practitioners for future collaborations regarding curriculum development.
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author Anh, Hai Le
Klieve, Helen
McDonald, Christine V.
author_facet Anh, Hai Le
Klieve, Helen
McDonald, Christine V.
author_sort Anh, Hai Le
title Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]
title_short Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]
title_full Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]
title_fullStr Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Transnational Tourism Programs in Vietnam: Students’ Perspectives and a Practitioner’s Reflection / Anh Hai Le …[et al.]
title_sort transnational tourism programs in vietnam: students’ perspectives and a practitioner’s reflection / anh hai le …[et al.]
publisher Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44619/1/44619.pdf
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