Thoughts on the Teaching Reform of Hotel Management Major

Thoughts on the teaching reform of hotel management major

Hotel management major is an emerging major with a sense of the times and vigorous vitality. It also covers a wide range and with the development of science and technology With progress, more and more new knowledge is being updated.

Abstract: With the continuous development of the tourism industry, the demand for hotels continues to increase, and many colleges and universities have regarded hotel management as a key major. However, the cultivation speed of hotel management professionals is far from keeping up with the society's demand for this professional talent. In this article, we will analyze the problems existing in the teaching of hotel management majors and promote effective measures and methods for the teaching reform of hotel management majors.

Keywords: hotel management major; teaching reform; problems; countermeasures

Since the reform and opening up, my country’s social economy has developed rapidly and its global reputation has been improved. Not only the Chinese people choose Tourism is a way of leisure, and many foreigners also come here to enjoy the beautiful scenery and taste Chinese food, which has led to the rapid development of my country's tourism industry. At the same time, the hotel industry has also entered a golden age, with various five-star and four-star hotels put into construction and use to meet the needs of a large number of tourists in a timely manner. Therefore, the hotel industry requires a large number of hotel management professionals, which also places higher demands on schools. Therefore, we should reform traditional teaching concepts to cultivate more high-quality hotel management professionals.

1. Current situation of hotel management major teaching

1. The knowledge system has not been updated and developed

In many schools, theoretical teaching is paid more attention to and industry knowledge is rarely included. Experience is added to the teaching process, and real cases are not added to the teaching, so that many students have achieved excellent results even though they have learned a lot of professional knowledge in school. However, when you enter the society, you will find that the content you studied is not of practical use in the workplace, and some important content at work is not covered in daily teaching. Part of the reason for this phenomenon is that teachers generally have been away from their actual positions for a long time. The hotel industry has developed rapidly in a short period of time. The experience of many teachers has been out of touch with society and they are unable to provide practical cases for students. There is relatively little practical content involved in teaching.

2. Lack of perfect teaching measures

In actual teaching, textbooks and blackboard teaching methods are generally adopted. Even if there is some field training, a few beds are simply arranged. , sheets, quilts, etc., allowing students to conduct simple training, so that students cannot truly feel the scenes and content of actual work. Moreover, hotel management work also has special requirements for work and rest time. Students generally have a regular work and rest schedule in school and have not experienced the 24-hour shift work and rest system of hotel work. Therefore, there will be various discomforts when entering actual work, making the teaching effect not outstanding.

2. Innovation and reform of the hotel management major

1. Add practical content to teaching

Although the traditional teaching material explanation method enables teachers to be more Manage students well and help students understand the basic concepts and working methods of the hotel management major, but it cannot replace the intuitive impact that practice brings to students. Therefore, in daily teaching, we should appropriately increase practical teaching content and lead students out of the classroom, into hotels, and into real workplaces, so that students can understand the real work process, as well as process operations and work. Master the details.

Moreover, many students’ questions in teaching will be easily answered. For example, some students think that housekeeping is cleaning customers, and the front desk is helping customers check in. In fact, the content of these jobs is far more than In this way, high professional skills are required to be competent. By observing these positions closely and trying to imitate them, students can understand their own knowledge and skills and improve them in a targeted manner.

2. Add innovative teaching methods to teaching

At present, with the continuous development of teaching theory, more and more innovative teaching methods have entered the classroom, which has brought great changes to teaching. New energy. Through the application of these innovative teaching methods, teachers can effectively stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning, equip students with a spirit of inquiry, and thus improve students' ability to analyze and solve problems. For example, qualified schools can add simulation training venues to directly simulate various hotel positions, thereby more intuitively enhancing students' sense of involvement. Teachers take problems that may arise in actual work as cases, allowing students to analyze the problems that arise in the cases and adopt reasonable solutions. At the same time, many students are very interested in derivative content of the hotel industry and hope to learn and improve their comprehensive abilities during the teaching period. Schools can add part-time classes or clubs to develop content that interests students such as fancy coffee, bartending, etc., so as to better make students like the hotel industry.

3. Improve the immediacy of teaching in the hotel management major

The hotel management major is an emerging major with a sense of the times and vigorous vitality. It also covers a wide range and changes with the times. With the advancement of science and technology, more and more new knowledge is being updated. Under this circumstance, hotel management professional education and teaching should keep up with the trend of the times, grasp the changes in science and technology in a timely manner, take the lead in mastering advanced hotel industry and tourism industry information and add it to the teaching content, so that the teaching content can be more relevant. In line with the development trajectory of the industry, students' professional and technical levels can keep up with the pulse of social development, so that they can better adapt to the needs of society. For example, teachers can often lead students to visit various well-known hotels, observe the basic working patterns of hotel service staff, observe the nationality, age and gender characteristics of the hotel’s customers, explore the development context of hotel management, and enrich the understanding and understanding of the hotel management industry. Understand, in order to promote students to have a strong interest in the major, comprehensively improve their professional quality, and strive to devote themselves to the hotel management career.

3. Conclusion

While the tourism industry is booming, society has an increasing demand for hotel management professionals. As a school that cultivates talents, we assume greater social responsibilities. We should actively analyze the problems existing in the current teaching of hotel management majors, abandon traditional and outdated teaching methods, adopt innovative and modern solutions, and lead students from the classroom to Go out into the society, thereby promoting the teaching reform and innovation of hotel management major.

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