- Title
- Indigenization of curricula: trends and issues in tourism education
- Creator
- Young, Tamara; Maguire, Amy
- Relation
- Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Tourism p. 455-463
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781784714802.00042
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Tourism courses are increasingly being taught only within business and management schools where the curricula tend to focus on workplace competencies. However, teaching and learning in tourism can, and should, provide critical opportunities that promote cultural learning and identity formation. In this chapter we consider how tourism educators can implement Indigenized curricula to educate students for social and curricular justice. Interdisciplinary and cultural competencies are essential tools for educators in this endeavor. An Indigenized curriculum incorporates Indigenous knowledges and perspectives throughout courses, signaling the commitment of educators and institutions to acknowledge the particularized and multiple discourses in tourism that exist beyond the common experience of many students. Efforts to Indigenize curricula aim to promote improved educational outcomes for Indigenous students, and to broaden the understanding and critical capacities of all students.
- Subject
- university curriculum; Indigenization; Indigenous tourism; tourism promotion; Indigenous culture
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1354224
- Identifier
- uon:31238
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781784714796
- Language
- eng
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