The Influence of Experimental-based Learning on Hospitality Students' Career Choice: The Case of Shadowing Program

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Faranak Memarzadeh  

The current in-progress study compares the impact of experimental-based learning on hospitality students' career choice. Although previous studies discovered the impact of some experimental based learning such as internship and role-play, no previous study considered how the shadowing program could deliver valuable knowledge for these students. Adopting David Kolb's Experiential Learning Model (ELM), a four-stage learning cycle of Concrete Experience Reflective Observation of the New Experience, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation are examined to discover the degree of efficiency of shadowing programs. Kolb, D. A. (2014). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development.