Development of Learning Spaces for Students in the Tourism and Hospitality Professions

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) to develop learning spaces for tourism and hospitality students and 2) to develop the courses to strengthen the skills of students in the tourism and hospitality professions who are studying in learning spaces with the integration of the Science of Learning at the curriculum level, namely the tourism courses and other courses offered at the University of Phayao. Qualitative research using purposive random sampling with a total of not less than 30 people.  satisfaction of participants in learning space development for tourism and hospitality professionals was divided into three parts: Part 1General information Part 2  Assessment of satisfaction of participants in learning space development for tourism and hospitality professionals Part 3 General recommendations.  Consideration of the content validity was conducted by finding the Index of Objective Congruence (IOC) between 0.60 - 1.00.  Based on the results of the study, it was found that  1. Learning skills and innovation - Creativity/problem-solving/Communication and working with other people is as follows: Overall, it was indicated that there is satisfaction at a high level 1.1 Content is in line with the principles and objectives of learning development, Content is in line with the activities of learning development and The arrangement by priority of the content of activities is appropriate.  The tourism and hospitality courses that assist in the improvement and development of the skills students can be suummarized as follows: 1.Herbs for tourismcourses,2.Recreationfortourism courses,3.Flower arrangementforhospitality courses,and4.Developmentcoursesfor local souvenirsthatareuniqueto the identity of Phayaoprovince.