Affective learning in short-term educational travel abroad: An exploratory mixed-method study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Howard Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA;2. Dedman College of Hospitality, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA;1. Department of Tourism, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia;2. Department of Tourism Management, Torrens University, 88 Wakefield St, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia;1. Department of Tourism Management, School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China;2. Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA;1. Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Deakin University, Australia;2. College of Business Administration, Hunan University, China;3. School of Information Technology, Deakin University, VIC, 3125, Australia;4. Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management, Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, China;1. School of Tourism Management, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China;2. Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, China;3. School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China;4. Foodservice and Lodging Department, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA;5. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of North Texas, USA;1. School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-Sen University, Tangzhou Rd. 1, Zhuhai, China;2. School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Liutai Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, China;3. Faculty of International Tourism and Management, City University of Macau, Avenida Padre Tomás Pereira Taipa, Macau |
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| Abstract: | Employing an exploratory mixed-method approach, this research explores young adults' affective learning outcomes derived from their short-term educational travel abroad experiences. Different from previous travel research mostly focusing on the educational benefits of cognitive knowledge and technical skills, the current research highlights the prominent effect of educational travel on young adults' personal growth and attitudinal/emotional development by investigating the understudied domain of affective learning and how it manifests among college students having short-term study abroad experiences. Through a systematic review and a follow-up survey-based comparison study, five salient affective learning variables were identified—perspectives on global interdependence, intercultural attitudes, openness to diversity and challenge, environmental attitudes, and general self-efficacy. Furthermore, this research found that travelers’ lower-order affective learning shows significant progress after the short-term educational overseas travel. This study contributes to a niche topic in tourism research and provides implications to promote educational travel as an effective transformative learning approach. |
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| Keywords: | Educational travel Study abroad Affective learning Personal development Transformative tourist experience |
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