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Abstract
This paper suggests innovative tools for creating teaching methods. We are inspired by action research methods about how to bring societal challenges into the curriculum of higher education of tourism. How can we, as responsible educators and researchers, support our students in being not only critical thinkers but being able to position themselves as social agents of change? Our method is to push them (as well as ourselves) towards engaging actively in societal challenges rather than only provide critical analysis from a distance, i.e. within the walls of a university.
The paper seeks to encourage undertaking a more open and sustained exchange of ideas on how teaching critical thinking and creativity can be conducted at present-day universities. We acknowledge universities and our role as facilitators as vital sites of socially activism-oriented engagements. This is aligned with the goal of quality in higher education in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) no 4, in which qualitative education is encouraged. Our paper explores how 18 Master students at ‘Tourism Studies’ at Aalborg University, campus Copenhagen (Denmark), co-create new spaces together with local Mexicans and indigenous peoples in Tulum (Mexico), including local authorities, whom all have an interest in turning cenotes/sinkholes, an existing tourism asset, into a sustainable tourism product.
The paper seeks to encourage undertaking a more open and sustained exchange of ideas on how teaching critical thinking and creativity can be conducted at present-day universities. We acknowledge universities and our role as facilitators as vital sites of socially activism-oriented engagements. This is aligned with the goal of quality in higher education in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) no 4, in which qualitative education is encouraged. Our paper explores how 18 Master students at ‘Tourism Studies’ at Aalborg University, campus Copenhagen (Denmark), co-create new spaces together with local Mexicans and indigenous peoples in Tulum (Mexico), including local authorities, whom all have an interest in turning cenotes/sinkholes, an existing tourism asset, into a sustainable tourism product.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Educate for the future : PBL, Sustainability and Digitalisation 2020 |
Editors | Aida Guerra, Anette Kolmos, Juebei Chen, Maiken Winther |
Number of pages | 9 |
Publisher | Aalborg Universitetsforlag |
Publication date | 2020 |
Pages | 510-518 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-87-7210-313-6 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Event | IRSPBL 2020: Educate for the Future: PBL, Sustainability and Digitalisation - Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 16 Aug 2020 → 21 Aug 2020 http://www.irspbl2020.aau.dk |
Conference
Conference | IRSPBL 2020: Educate for the Future: PBL, Sustainability and Digitalisation |
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Location | Aalborg University |
Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | Aalborg |
Period | 16/08/2020 → 21/08/2020 |
Internet address |
Series | International Research Symposium on PBL |
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ISSN | 2446-3833 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The authors, 2020.
Keywords
- Action Research
- Problem Based Learning
- students
- Mexico
- employability
- innovation
- co-creation
- field work
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Creative Learning by Doing - Teaching and researching with PBL. Integrating students in teaching and research
Clausen, H. B. & Andersson, V.
01/02/2017 → 01/07/2021
Project: Research
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How plastic talks: sustainable transitions, entrepreneurship and governance in Tulum, Mexico.
Balslev, H., 26 Jun 2023, Climate Change and Second Homes. Hall, M. (ed.). RoutledgeResearch output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Intercultural and problem-based learning
Andersson, V., 24 Nov 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference without publisher/journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Sharing experiences and the co-creation of knowledge through personal stories – tools for critical thinking: student perspectives
Balslev, H., Andersson, V. & Schaltz, T., 1 Apr 2020, In: Innovative Practice in Higher Education. 4, 1, 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile