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Mission

To be the leading,

forward-looking

network that

inspires, informs

and supports

tourism educators

and students to

passionately and

courageously

transform the world

for the better…

The Tourism Education Futures Initiative

TEFI Values

ACTIVIST AGENDATransformative learning

Changemaking practice e.g.

education for tourism social

enterprise

EMPOWERMENTAwareness of agency

Citizenship

Collective action

Collegiality

KNOWLEDGEScholarship of ideas

Tools, techniques

Educational frameworks

LEADERSHIPEducators & Students

Industry

Government, Communities, NGOs, etc

TEFI’s action-orientated strategy

Knowledge

Mutual respect

Stewardship

Professional-ism

Ethics

TEFI

Values

Based on 5 broad values

interpreted within the particular

context:

Stewardship

Knowledge

Professionalism

Ethics

Mutual respect

Holistic, valued based ethos

Tourism education for all that incorporates humanistic values, knowledge and skills for mindful decision-making

Stewardship: Exercising an ethic of care by upholding

principles associated with sustainability, responsibility, and

service to the community

Knowledge: Developing critical thinking, innovation, creativity,

and networking, and appreciating different sources and types of

knowledge about tourism

Professionalism: Aspiring to the highest standards of

professional practice underpinned by leadership, practicality,

services, relevance, timeliness, reflexivity, teamwork, and

partnerships

Ethics: Engaging in good action and decision-making,

underpinned by honesty, fairness, transparency, and authentic

dialogue

Mutual respect: Embracing a humanistic approach to tourism,

including a respect for diversity, inclusion, equity, humility, and

collaboration

Tourism education scholarship

Books

Journal special issues (TRRR)

Open Source Journal (planned)

Teaching and Learning

Innovative teaching & learning practices

Tourism education literacies

Education modules and materials

Advocacy

Gender in the tourism academy

Guidelines for equity (conferences &

publications)

Advocating for tourism education & research

with and for industry, community,

government & others

Tourism and social enterprise

Walking Workshops in Nepal

Education for Tourism Social

Entrepreneurship

Networking & empowerment of tourism social

enterprise

TOURISM FUTURES

EDUCATION TEFI conferences &

regional meetings

Currently there are 4 active clusters of TEFI activity

Website: www.tourismeducationfutures.org

Facebook: Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI)

Dredge et al (2014): The tourism education futures initiative, Anatolia: An

International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, DOI:

10.1080/13032917.2014.930773

Prebezac, D., Schott, C., & Sheldon, P. (Eds.). (2014). The Tourism

Education Futures Initiative: Activating change in tourism education.

Abingdon: Routledge.

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Prebezac, C. Schott, & P. Sheldon (Eds.), The Tourism Education Futures

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Sheldon, P., Fesenmaier, D., Wober, K., Cooper, C., & Antonioli, M.

(2008). Tourism education futures: 2010–2030: Building the capacity to

lead. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 7, 61–68.

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