BHOS100
The Hospitality Classroom

ECTS Value: 5 ECTS

Contact Hours: 25

Self Study Hours: 60

Duration: 10 Sessions

Mode of Delivery: Blended

Assessment Hours: 40

 

Overall Objectives and Outcomes

This module shall address subjects related to pedagogical skills required to teach Hospitality with a particular focus on secondary level education and is intended for prospective teachers who aspire to teach hospitality.

By the end of this module, the learner will be able to:

Competences

  • Analyse how schemes of work and lesson plans can contribute towards a more structured teaching, particularly for Hospitality topics;
  • Establish the different outcomes that support vocational education;
  • Explore the dimensions of decision making in vocational pedagogy;
  • Critically analyse the advantages of learning outcomes;
  • Examine how to link the learning outcomes to teaching and assessment;
  • Establish ways how to collaborate and liaise with the VET technician to ensure the smooth running of the lab;
  • Devise a scheme of work, lesson plans and resources;
  • Make use of different learning opportunities at the beginning, during and at the end of the lesson, that will boost motivation and eventually improve performance;
  • Develop lesson plans for promoting active learning and student engagement in a hospitality lab setting;
  • Create engaging and effective learning experiences in the hospitality lab;
  • Foster a collaborative and inclusive learning environment within the hospitality lab.

Knowledge 

  • Understand the use of the learning outcomes approach;
  • Identify the difference between SEC and SEAC Hospitality curriculums;
  • Become familiar with the content of the different units within the Hospitality curriculums;

Skills

  • Manage the different areas of the Hospitality lab;
  • Determine which equipment is required for the different practical tasks;
  • Handle and operate the different Hospitality equipment available in the kitchen, bar, restaurant, laundry and housekeeping areas (including the bedroom);
  • Identify ideal ways how to store the different equipment and other resources adequately and securely;
  • Plan tasks that will help the student studying Hospitality to reach the learning outcome.

 

Assessment Methods

This module will be assessed through: Individual Assignment

Suggested Readings

Core Reading List

  1. MATSEC board (2019). Secondary Education Policy Document SEC Vocational Subjects.
  2. MATSEC board (2019). Secondary Education Policy Document SEAC Vocational Subjects.
  3. MATSEC (2025). SEC 38 Hospitality Syllabus.
  4. MATSEC (2025). SEAC 04 Hospitality Syllabus.
  5. MEDE (2012). A national curriculum framework for all. Ministry of Education and Employment.
  6. McKercher, B., Ren, L., 2021. Practical Learing in Hospitality Education. The University of Queensland.
  7. Dredge, D., Airey, D. and Gross, M.J. eds., 2014. The Routledge handbook of tourism and hospitality education. Routledge.
  8. Kiser, J.W. and Partlow, C.G., 1999. Experiential learning in hospitality education: An exploratory study. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, 11(2-3), pp.70-74.
  9. Sigala, M. and Baum, T., 2003. Trends and issues in tourism and hospitality higher education: Visioning the future. Tourism and hospitality research, 4(4), pp.367-376.

Supplementary Reading List

  1. MEDE (2014b). Framework for the education strategy for Malta 2014-2024: sustaining foundations, creating alternatives, increasing employability. Ministry of Education and Employment.
  2. NCFHE (2013). Implementation of quality assurance in vocational education and training (VET) institutions: A manual for VET providers. National Commission for Further and Higher Education.
  3. Papier, J. 2012. The Notion of ‘Vocational Pedagogy’ and Implications for the Training of Vocational Teachers – Examining the Field. In International Journal of Education, 6(2), pp.87–96.
  4. Said, A. 2018. Vocational teaching – learning through the eyes of undergraduate vocational students in Malta: A qualitative exploratory study. In International journal for research in vocational education and training. Vol. 5, Issue 1, April 2018, pp.42-63.
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