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Business as Usual? Barriers to Education for Sustainability in the Tourism Curriculum

Business as Usual? Barriers to Education for Sustainability in the Tourism Curriculum There is little research on how “sustainability” is embedded within tourism programs. This article draws on findings from a study of education for sustainability within the 1st-year business/tourism curriculum at an Australian regional university. Using an interpretive methodology, interviews took place with 16 academics regarding the barriers in trying to incorporate sustainability. Three key themes were revealed: (1) a crowded curriculum; (2) staff and student resistance to sustainability; and (3) the realities of a complex, multicampus institution. These impediments will be important to consider if we want to engender a more transformational approach to sustainability leadership in tourism education. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal Of Teaching In Travel & Tourism Taylor & Francis

Business as Usual? Barriers to Education for Sustainability in the Tourism Curriculum

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Taylor & Francis
Copyright
Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
1531-3239
eISSN
1531-3220
DOI
10.1080/15313220.2013.786337
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Abstract

There is little research on how “sustainability” is embedded within tourism programs. This article draws on findings from a study of education for sustainability within the 1st-year business/tourism curriculum at an Australian regional university. Using an interpretive methodology, interviews took place with 16 academics regarding the barriers in trying to incorporate sustainability. Three key themes were revealed: (1) a crowded curriculum; (2) staff and student resistance to sustainability; and (3) the realities of a complex, multicampus institution. These impediments will be important to consider if we want to engender a more transformational approach to sustainability leadership in tourism education.

Journal

Journal Of Teaching In Travel & TourismTaylor & Francis

Published: Apr 1, 2013

Keywords: tourism studies; higher education; transformational leadership; curriculum; sustainable development; sustainable education

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