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International student agency in academic self‐formation: Mobility as agency situated within knowledge structures

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract With growing attention to student agency in academic and policy discourse, international education has become a prominent context for examining how students navigate new cultural, academic, linguistic and social environments. However, much of this discussion attributes student agency to the ‘international’ aspect, while overlooking the ...
Soyoung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

User\u27s Guide: IDB Sustainability Scorecard for Private Sector Tourism Projects

open access: yes, 2011
This self-evaluation "Scorecard" is intended to guide the proposed tourism project representative requesting funding in order that (a) the whole range of practices, from best to counter indicated, will be taken into account for the design, construction ...
Inter-American Development Bank
core   +1 more source

The politics of tourism development: a case of dual governance in Tobago [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The purpose of this paper is to report on an exploratory study of the role that tourism policy plays in influencing tourism development. The research is based on two questions: How does tourism policy influence tourism development in the small twin ...
Michelle T. McLeod   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2021: Financial Statements

open access: yes, 2022
This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank\u27s 2021 Annual Report. This report contains the management\u27s discussion and analysis of the Bank\u27s ordinary capital and financial ...
Inter-American Development Bank
core   +1 more source

How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

How Cultural Tourism Itineraries Shape Tourist Guide Satisfaction and Retention

open access: yesTourism and Hospitality
Tourist guides remain understudied in tourism workforce research, particularly regarding the conditions shaping satisfaction and career retention. This study examines how cultural tourism itinerary characteristics are associated with tourist guides’ job ...
Cátia Rodrigues   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
wiley   +1 more source

Development Strategies for Tourism Destinations: Tourism Sophistication vs. Resource Investments [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the effectiveness of development strategies for tourism destinations. We show that resource investments unambiguously increase tourism revenues and that increasing the degree of tourism sophistication, that is increasing the ...
Rainer Andergassen, Guido Candela
core  

Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ascertaining Restaurant Financial Sustainability by Analyzing Menu Performance

open access: yesTourism and Hospitality
The complexity of companies in the restaurant industry is clear, and various techniques can be used to make decisions. The analysis of performance and the optimization of restaurant menus are considered important, which is why several approaches can be ...
Conceição Gomes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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