A Comparison of the Needs of Hospitality Management Students between Flexible and Traditional Hospitality Management Programs in Australian Universities

Walker, B. and Lee, T. J. (2007) A Comparison of the Needs of Hospitality Management Students between Flexible and Traditional Hospitality Management Programs in Australian Universities. International Journal of Tourism Sciences, 7 1: 67-78.


Author(s) Walker, B.
Lee, T. J.
Title A Comparison of the Needs of Hospitality Management Students between Flexible and Traditional Hospitality Management Programs in Australian Universities
Journal name International Journal of Tourism Sciences
Publication date 2007
Year available 2007
Volume number 7
Issue number 1
ISSN 1598-0634
Start page 67
End page 78
Total pages 12
Editor(s) C. Kim
Place of publication Seoul, Korea
Publisher Packsan Publishing Co
Collection year 2008
Language eng
Subject C1
350601 Hospitality Management
710602 Hospitality services
Abstract This paper is to examine the assessment needs of students studying in hospitality management degrees at Australian universities. The paper investigates the concept of flexible delivery, and contextualising flexible assessment. It determines the size and scope of the population of hospitality programs in Australia and the efficient methodological approach. The findings indicated that the programs were only significantly different in the negotiation of the due date of an assessment item. The results revealed that both flexible and traditional programs failed to address the assessment needs of the students when examining the elements of assessment that they would have liked to be able to negotiate. The study suggests that the students should be provided with the option of negotiating the various assessment elements even though they might wish to change the offered alternatives.
Keyword(s) Australian Universities
Flexible learning
flexible delivery
 
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