TY - JOUR
T1 - An initial inquiry of program evaluation framework for tourism higher education in Taiwan
AU - Liu, Yuan An Anna
AU - Tsai, Chen Tsang
AU - Horng, Jeou Shyan
AU - Lee, Ming Huei
N1 - Funding Information:
Received October 6, 2008; accepted December 1, 2009 This study is a part of the project funded by the National Sciences Council (NSC94-2516-S-034-001). Address correspondence to Chen-Tsang (Simon) Tsai, Division of Hospitality Management & Education, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, National Taiwan Normal University, 162, Ho-ping East Road, Section 1, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - As the number of tourism programs in higher education dramatically increases in Taiwan, program evaluation is one of the effective tools to monitor education quality. The program evaluation framework constructed with standards, dimensions, and indicators should be established according to the profession of different programs. This study mainly presents the framework for the program evaluation of tourism education in Taiwan. Through the processes of document analysis, three focus groups, one on-site trial, and reliability and validity tests, the study results proposed the conceptual framework containing seven standards, 20 dimensions, and 74 indicators. The seven standards are program's aims and strategies of self-improvement, curricula, teaching and learning, resources, faculty, student, and administrative management. The evaluation standards represent not only a holistic view of the tourism program in the higher education system but also a continual improvement mechanism for the higher education institutions providing tourism programs.
AB - As the number of tourism programs in higher education dramatically increases in Taiwan, program evaluation is one of the effective tools to monitor education quality. The program evaluation framework constructed with standards, dimensions, and indicators should be established according to the profession of different programs. This study mainly presents the framework for the program evaluation of tourism education in Taiwan. Through the processes of document analysis, three focus groups, one on-site trial, and reliability and validity tests, the study results proposed the conceptual framework containing seven standards, 20 dimensions, and 74 indicators. The seven standards are program's aims and strategies of self-improvement, curricula, teaching and learning, resources, faculty, student, and administrative management. The evaluation standards represent not only a holistic view of the tourism program in the higher education system but also a continual improvement mechanism for the higher education institutions providing tourism programs.
KW - Evaluation standards
KW - Program evaluation
KW - Taiwan
KW - TedQual
KW - Tourism higher education
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U2 - 10.1080/15313220903558520
DO - 10.1080/15313220903558520
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77649162389
SN - 1531-3220
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 21
JO - Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism
JF - Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism
IS - 1
ER -
