ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism
Vol 4, No 1 (2005)

IS PBL CULTURE FAIR? THE INFLUENCE OF GROUP CULTURAL COMPOSITIONS ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A PROBLEM BASED LEARNING SETTING

SIEHOYONO, LINTJE ( Hotel Management, Petra Christian University Surabaya, Indonesia)
ERINGA, KLAAS ( Hotel Management, Petra Christian University Surabaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Aug 2015

Abstract

This paper reports the result of an exploratory study of the application of Terenzini et al. (2001) and Eringa et al. (2002) to an educational institution, one of the N’etherlands’ higher education in which apply PBL as an educational system. Recently, the International Hospitality Management (IHM) undergraduate program has decided to deploy internationalization and interculturalization as a strategic instrument for the diversification of its curriculum. One of the consequences is that large groups offoreign students have been attracted to the IHM. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the student nationalities and the group cultural compositions in PBL groupsinfluence the student performance. Student performance is measured by learning process assessment (PBL participation points) and learning outcomes assessment (Total points for the module). More specifically, this study focuses on possible cultural bias (nationalities) that might accompany the form of assessment that the IHM uses. The results indicate that no significant differences exist between groups that are more or less divergent.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ajht

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Engineering Social Sciences

Description

The main purpose of this international refereed journal is to advance and foster tourism and hospitality education, research, and professionalism in the Southeast Asia region. The journal provides a vehicle for increasing awareness, consideration and analysis of issues in tourism and hospitality, ...