Design-Based Learning in Hospitality Education: A Future Perspective and Practical Guide (The Future of Tourism)

Focuses on the future of Design-Based Learning in hospitality education, delivering theoretical depth and practical utility

This book presents insights and lessons learned from implementing Design-Based Learning (DBL) within hospitality management education. It offers a practical guide on how to design and implement DBL in educational practice, while supporting meaningful collaboration between education and the hospitality industry.

Including perspectives from students, educators and industry practitioners, the chapters highlight DBL in action across the full curriculum from first first-year bachelor to the master’s level using real-life design challenges as the foundation for learning, designing and research.

By sharing collective experiences from a university applying DBL across its entire hospitality programme, the book provides a unique, hands-on exploration of how DBL can shape the future of hospitality education.

Hanneke Assen is Professor of International Hospitality Education, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.

Laura Velten is a faculty member at the Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.

Marte Rinck de Boer is a faculty member at NHL Stenden University of Applied Science, the Netherlands.

Macmillion Braz Fernandes is a faculty member at the Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.

Mandy (Xiaomin) Wen is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Hotel Management School Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.