RESOURCES
RESOURCES: RESEARCH AGENDAS
| Author : | BEST Education Network |
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| Year : | 2011 | Think Tank XI |
- How do we know that people have learned not just about environment and economic sustainability but about equity and sustainability
- How do learners from different cultural and social backgrounds learn about sustainable tourism?
- What does sustainability mean in different cultural contexts? Are there cross-cultural differences in sustainable tourism and learning – does it mean anything/different things in different contexts?
- How do we convey the notion that perceived realities need to be challenged while operating in institutions that live and foster the realities that are currently dominant? Can free-thinkers exist and be encouraged within the walls of structured learning environments?
- Exploration of the gap between theory and practice in various contexts (e.g. academics, tour guides, etc)
- How do we reconcile an industry that focuses on growth with sustainable philosophy and practice? Facilitating changes in mind-sets?
- What are the threshold concepts in sustainable tourism?
- Are students motivated to learn about ST and if yes, what motivates them?
- What motivates consumers/tourists to learn about sustainable tourism
- What are the barriers that prevent consumer motivation?
- How can sustainable issues (theory) be put into practice. From knowing to action.
- How can we involve students/people to feel more responsible for learning and acting in a sustainable way? Active participation/learning
- What is it we want students to know about ST?
- What is that students can actively do once they have learnt about sustainable tourism?
- How can we involve trainers and teachers in this (see above)?
- Are there ways to provide practical experiences to students in order to provide first hand experiences in learning for sustainable tourism?
- Who are the learners of sustainable tourism – who is the person who is committed rather than not, what drives a person to act and learn about sustainable tourism?
- What are the attributes of the teachers of sustainable tourism – psychographic, lifestyle attributes, etc?
- We need to understand the alternative financial models that can be used by SMEs to support sustainable practice in industry.
- How can knowledge transfer to industry be facilitated, improved and enhanced (e.g. understanding financial models, CSR, delivery of knowledge to industry, generating two way channels of communication, etc)
- How can learning be used as a tool for encouraging more sustainable visitor behaviors (i.e. transformative travel and learning)?
- To what extent is learning an accumulative effect of a particular sort of experience?
- Effectiveness of pledging as a form of behavior change? Cultural context of pledging?
- Longitudinal studies about the learning process
- Which teaching methods and tools are most successful in increasing student learning about sustainable tourism?
- How is success measured in sustainable tourism education?
- What is the difference between learning for sustainable tourism and learning in other areas of knowledge? Is there a difference? If so, what is it?
- Is there a brand for sustainable learning?
- What makes an expert sustainable tourism practitioner? How does the knowledge production process work? How can we enhance the development of expert knowledge?
