Students’ perceptions of an interdisciplinary global study tour: uncovering inexplicit employability skills

Hains-Wesson, Rachael; Ji, Kaiying

doi:10.1080/07294360.2019.1695752

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“…The education literature has acknowledged the importance of uncovering teachers' tacit beliefs about learning and teaching for many years (Eraut, 2002;Wubbels, 1992) and this perspective has begun to emerge in higher education (Heron et al, 2021). Unarticulated forms of knowing have been variously characterized as lay theories (Sugrue, 1997), personal theories (Wubbels, 1992), implicit beliefs, folk pedagogies (Bruner, 1996), or inexplicit skills (Hains-Wesson & Ji, 2020). We use the term "tacit theories," which are "beliefs developed naturally over time [.…”

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Cultivating Effective Marketing Student Teams: Making Instructors’ Tacit Theories Visible

Lindsay

Wagstaff

Jevons

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Journal of Marketing Education

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Teamwork skills are important contributors to classroom learning outcomes and graduate employability. Although much has been reported in the literature about the components and characteristics of effective marketing student teams, less is known about how such knowledge is conceptualized and cultivated by frontline marketing instructors. This study applies a perspective of tacit theory to in-depth interviews with frontline instructors in undergraduate marketing courses. Our findings, summarized in a framework of adaptive cultivation of effective teams (ACET), highlight how instructors perceive effective teamwork as a dynamic interaction between three interwoven components of team effectiveness (team composition, team member behavior, and team culture) and adjust their interventions across these components. Overall, this study uncovers instructors’ tacit theories of cultivating effective marketing student teams, and how these tacit theories impact in-class practices.

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Section: Into the Instructor's Mind: The Power Of Tacit Theoriesmentioning

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Cultivating Effective Marketing Student Teams: Making Instructors’ Tacit Theories Visible

Lindsay

Wagstaff

Jevons

et al. 2022

Journal of Marketing Education

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“…Students can reinforce their learned knowledge, experience different cultures, and improve their transferable skills by joining a study tour. To a certain extent, a study tour incorporates the concepts of experiential learning (Romines, 2008), providing impactful learning opportunities for students to integrate in-class learning with out-of-class experiences (Howard and Keller, 2010; Hanis-Wesson and Ji, 2020) and to change cognitive thinking and behaviours (Chieffo and Griffiths, 2004). However, organising short-term, high-quality study tour programmes poses various challenges, including those related to management, financial commitment, resources, cost effectiveness, task and activity design, and risk assessment (Hanis-Wesson and Ji, 2020).…”

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“…In previous studies, researchers have mainly addressed students’ perceptions of study tours in terms of their relevance to employability skills (Aloudat, 2017) and students’ revisit intentions (Xu and Ho, 2021), cultural awareness (Scharoun, 2016), course design and planning (Katherine et al , 2019), and learning assessment tasks (Coe and Smyth, 2010; Hanis-Wesson and Ji, 2020). Black et al (2019) conducted a critical review of 140 empirical studies on tour guiding and highlighted that the majority of study tour research focused on theory engagement.…”

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“…To a certain extent, a study tour incorporates the concepts of experiential learning (Romines, 2008), providing impactful learning opportunities for students to integrate in-class learning with out-of-class experiences (Howard and Keller, 2010; Hanis-Wesson and Ji, 2020) and to change cognitive thinking and behaviours (Chieffo and Griffiths, 2004). However, organising short-term, high-quality study tour programmes poses various challenges, including those related to management, financial commitment, resources, cost effectiveness, task and activity design, and risk assessment (Hanis-Wesson and Ji, 2020). Investigating study tours by focusing on students allows educators to conduct a more comprehensive study of students’ expectations, perceptions, and impressions of these tours.…”

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The differences between students’ fixed and growth mindsets: a case of study tour between Hong Kong and Canada

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Lau

Chan

2022

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PurposeThe paper aims to address the gap in the literature related to students’ mindsets and learning activities through investigation of the differences in students’ expectations of, feelings towards, and perceptions of an overseas study tour based on their mindset. The study provides an in-depth analysis of students with different mindsets and proposes the use of overseas tours and intercultural learning to foster students’ growth mindset.Design/methodology/approachAn overseas study tour hosted by a self-financing tertiary institution in Hong Kong was selected for investigation. 13 sub-degree students participated in the study tour during the summer term in 2018. Two types of primary data – quantitative (i.e., a questionnaire survey) and qualitative (i.e., in-depth interviews) – of fixed mindset and growth mindset students were collected for analysis.FindingsThe findings indicate differences in students’ expectations of, feelings towards, and perceptions of an overseas study tour depending on whether they demonstrate a fixed or growth mindset. The growth mindset students had more and higher expectations of the study tour, all of which were related to personal growth and development. The fixed mindset students did not have as much of a desire for personal development and their expectations were easily met. Both growth and fixed mindset students had positive feelings and perceptions of the tour.Originality/valueResearch on the application value of overseas study tours in helping students from self-financing tertiary institutions develop a growth mindset is scarce, and thus warrants further investigation.

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“…Many studies have been conducted to demonstrate the value of study tours in higher education, like spatial design [1], and in civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering [2]. Many researchers have also documented the long-term educational advantages of study tours [3] and [4]. A Study tour is an activity of any institute that takes students to different areas under the supervision of the teachers for one, two, or more days.…”

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Educational Benefits of Study Tours for the Students of Architecture in Karachi- A Case Study

Nazir

2021

SSURJET

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Among educational elements, the main element is study tours that are considered as a crucial instrument for learning. These tours are not only a source of providing valuable educational opportunities to the students but also give them pleasure. They benefit the entire life of students in different ways. The main focus of this research is to know how study tours are beneficial for students of architecture. This study explores the need and importance of study tours that add the learning experience throughout the life of students at the university level and in practical life. For collecting data, a qualitative research method is used. The study carried out by taking the architectural students of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Karachi on study tours, because of being a part of the faculty of the Architecture department of this university. The research tool was a questionnaire that was filled online by the students who joined the tours, collected data was analyzed by a simple percentage method. The findings indicated that the majority of respondents get pleasure and knowledge from study tours. The tours provide education to students to explore things personally in an eloquent way. They not only boost collaboration among teachers and students but also support to cope with teaching problems that occurred in the classrooms. The study has demonstrated that study tours are essential in order to give practical tactics for the curriculum and are helpful in enhancing the learning experience and understanding of the students. Tours bring enjoyment and escapade to learning and trained students for getting success in the hardships of life.

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Students’ perceptions of an interdisciplinary global study tour: uncovering inexplicit employability skills

Cited by 18 publications

References 39 publications

Cultivating Effective Marketing Student Teams: Making Instructors’ Tacit Theories Visible

Cultivating Effective Marketing Student Teams: Making Instructors’ Tacit Theories Visible

The differences between students’ fixed and growth mindsets: a case of study tour between Hong Kong and Canada

Educational Benefits of Study Tours for the Students of Architecture in Karachi- A Case Study

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