{"id":4717,"date":"2019-03-18T16:43:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2019-03-18T16:45:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T08:45:14","slug":"hands-on-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/hands-on-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-on learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n

A good way to learn about event management is by… hosting an event. So says a study by 3 scholars from IFT in which the researchers conclude that such a hands-on exercise is able to translate into high levels of satisfaction among students, and allows them to learn new skills in an effective way.<\/p>\n

This type of experiential learning is \u201can effective pedagogical method for event education,\u201d wrote IFT scholars Dr. Clara Lei Weng Si, Dr. Cindia Lam Ching Chi and Dr. Fernando Louren\u00e7o. Their study findings show that students \u201cdo not only learn new skills and knowledge but they [also] learn via experiencing, reflecting, thinking and acting\u201d.<\/p>\n

The conclusions \u2013 featured in the paper \u201cA Case Study on Hosting an Event as an Experiential Learning Experience for Event Education\u201d \u2013 were published in the Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism.<\/p>\n

The study was based upon data collected from 60 students via an online questionnaire. The students had attended a course on event management in the academic year prior to the online questionnaire \u2013 2012\/13 \u2013 that included lectures on event management, occupying 40 percent of the overall course time, and, as a practical exercise, the hosting of a live, charity-related event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe data revealed that experiential learning is a satisfactory learning method for event education,\u201d the scholars wrote in their paper. \u201cThe majority of the participants (around 90 percent) showed good satisfaction at taking part in the course work and the organisation of the course.\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers added: \u201cResults showed that the majority of participants [was] satisfied with the various aspects of individual and team performance, the accomplishments of the course work, the working atmosphere, and improvement in skill-sets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The findings also noted that \u201can average of around 78 percent of participants indicated that they have achieved good or expert\u201d levels of proficiency regarding 11 skills studied by the researchers. These included \u201cbeing a good team player\u201d and \u201cbeing a good learner\u201d.<\/p>\n

Knowledge acquisition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IFT scholars noted however that the experiential learning exercise was not as effective when it came to knowledge acquisition. \u201cResults were less encouraging than [those regarding] the type of skills acquired,\u201d they wrote. Only an average of 62 percent of participants in the study indicated that they had achieved good or expert levels of proficiency in the various types of knowledge under assessment by the researchers.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge on information technology and social media usage, as well as branding of the event were the 2 areas of knowledge\u201d where the greatest number of participants \u2013 78 percent \u2013 felt the presence of a \u201cgood or expert level\u201d of proficiency, the IFT team noted. \u201cConversely, only 42 percent of participants believed they had reached a good or expert [proficiency] level in the legal issues of event management.\u201d<\/p>\n

To this end educators might need to put more effort into monitoring the efficiency of \u201cknowledge transfer to participants\u201d when using event hosting as an educational tool, stated the IFT scholars. Were any participants to report \u201cno knowledge\u201d having been transferred, that should be \u201cgrasped as a serious matter\u201d.<\/p>\n

In their paper, the IFT scholars pointed out that the \u201cacademic institutionalisation\u201d of event management started in the 1990s, with the number of universities \u2013 including those from Europe and the United States \u2013 offering event management programmes increasing rapidly since then. \u201cThus, pedagogical advancement on event education becomes an area of importance,\u201d the IFT scholars noted.<\/p>\n

The researchers wrote that while event management \u201cis very much based upon business management\u201d, knowledge from areas such as marketing, sponsorship, finance, risk and sustainability management has been recently incorporated into the subject. \u201cThe types of \u2018hands on\u2019 experience required for a student taking up a course on event management is usually wider than for a student taking up a general business management course,\u201d the IFT team noted. \u201cThus, the balance of a right combination between theoretical knowledge and practical experience for such courses is a constant challenge to educators.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The researchers<\/div>\nDr. Clara Lei Weng Si is an Assistant Professor at IFT. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, in the United Kingdom. Her academic research interests include international business, focusing on the impact on hospitality of foreign investment and knowledge transfer.<\/p>\n

IFT Assistant Professor Dr. Cindia Lam Ching Chi holds a Ph.D. in business administration, conferred jointly by the Catholic University of Portugal and the University of Saint Joseph in Macao. She is the coordinator for all of IFT\u2019s evening degree programmes. Dr. Lam has served as a consultant to the Macao Government on many of its projects. Her research interests range from tourist behaviour and customer choice to quality of life and education.<\/p>\n

Dr. Fernando Louren\u00e7o is an Assistant Professor at IFT. He holds a Ph.D. in entrepreneurship education for sustainable development from Manchester Metropolitan University in the U.K. His research interests include entrepreneurship, sustainable development, education, creativity, tourism and social science. He actively engages in supporting local entrepreneurship and the creative sector.
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The paper<\/div>\nClara Lei Weng Si, Cindia Lam Ching Chi and Fernando Louren\u00e7o: \u201cA Case Study on Hosting an Event as an Experiential Learning Experience for Event Education\u201d, Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism, Volume 15, Issue 4, pages 345-361, 2015.
\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15313220.2015.1073573<\/a>
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