Progress in Tourism Management A review of innovation research in tourism Anne-Mette Hjalager University of Southern Denmark‚ Niels Bohrsvej 9-10‚ DK-6700 Esbjerg‚ Denmark article info abstract Article history: Received 27 January 2009 Accepted 31 August 2009 Over the past two decades‚ there has been increasing focus on the topic of innovation in tourism. This article reviews the research contributions. Various categories of innovation – product‚ process‚ managerial‚ marketing and
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Why Should Government Promote Vocational Education and Training? Introduction Vocational education and training can be seen as “deliberate interventions” (UNESCO’S) designed to bring about learning which help youth and adults develop necessary skills and qualifications required by employment. It may have many different aims‚ but the distinctive purpose of VET is to make worker more productive. There is no denying the fact that well-educated and highly-skilled workforce is important for an economy
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Assignment Innovations in Sports Background: Sport is movement and moving. Rules change and new (variants of) sports are invented. Today‚ controversies abound about the use of technology in sports. The rapid advances in sports science‚ prosthetics and artificial materials‚ is a fact. The question of what is legitimate and what gives the user “unfair advantage” is likely to occur with increasing frequency. REQUIREMENTS: In order to form an opinion about any of these changes‚ gaining
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My Identity Physically‚ I am an Asian boy with somewhat a smooth hairstyle. I’m relatively chubby with about 168-centimeter height and 80-kilogram weight. Working out every single day and trying to build a ripped body aren’t my things. However‚ I do love sports‚ a whole lot. Basketball‚ table tennis and swimming are hobbies that I enjoy doing real much whenever I have some free time or I simply need a stress reliever. The way I look and the way I speak may make people think that I’m an Asian
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1. The function or role of education Functionalists Functionalists say it does 3 important things • Teaches the skills needed for a job (so helps the economy) • Sorts the clever people from the thick for the right jobs (allocation function) • Is secondary socialisation (so helps people fit into society). Durkheim said the last one is done by passing on norms and values and this continues shared values – a consensus. Thus we have social order. Parsons adds that schools prepare children for
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Role of Distance Education to Impart the Higher Education in Assam A case study of IDOL (Gauhati University) in Sonitpur District Manoj Kumar Hazarika‚ Assistant Professor‚ Department of Commerce‚ & Daisy Rani Kalita‚ Assistant Professor‚ Department of Economics‚ Darrang College‚ Tezpur Abstract: Overall development and growth of a nation is based on educational system of the nation. Higher education imparts in-depth knowledge and understanding to expose new edge of knowledge in different fields
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Brenda Diskin Describe what your role‚ responsibilities and boundaries would be as a teacher in terms of the teaching/training cycle – theory assignment 1 (23/09/09) Roles‚ responsibilities and boundaries are qualities which the teacher/trainer incorporates into the teaching/training cycle; the cycle consists of identifying needs‚ planning and designing‚ delivery‚ assessment‚ and evaluation. My role as a teacher/trainer is to first identify what needs to be taught by myself so that
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Innovation in teaching Jackie Lewis One of the major concerns of the tourism industry is that there is a mismatch between graduates’ skills‚ acquired from higher education institutions and the skill sets needed in industry. Many of the current graduates are found to be lacking in creativity‚ communications skills‚ analytical and critical thinking‚ and problem-solving skills (Teo & Wong‚ 2000; Tan‚ 2000). As such‚ there is much need for institutions of higher education to focus on training future
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Role of LGUs in Basic Education Notwithstanding the devolution of many basic services to LGUs‚ basic education is still largely the responsibility of the central government and is delivered through the Department of Education (DepEd). However‚ LGUs do provide supplementary funding support to public basic education because they have access to a sustainable source of financial resources that are earmarked for the basic education subsector‚ the Special Education Fund (SEF). The monies in the
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assessment in education and training. Task A Information Sheet. ASSESSMENTS – WHAT‚ WHEN AND HOW As a new member of the team please see the information below to give a through understanding of the range of assessments methods used below. This information will help you to know what assessment methods should be used and why‚ as well as how to record assessments and assessments decisions. (a) There are typically six assessment methods that we can chose to employ within your role. These are
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