SUPERVISOR’S AND TOURISM STUDENTS' EVALUATION OF WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING: A POST PLACEMENT ANALYSIS

Abstract

The success of work-integrated learning (WIL) in academic activities is dependent on feedback from supervisors and the students themselves. Feedback from industry supervisors is crucial for the success of WIL activities in ac ademic qualifications. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the evaluations of supervisors of Lerotholi Polytechnic 2019 final year tourism students WIL and the evaluation of WIL by students themselves. This was done by supervisors evaluating the frequency with which they observed certain behaviour from the students. The evaluation questionnaire formed part of the final WIL report that the students submitted back to the institution upon completing the WIL program. The findings of this research indicate that overall observations by supervisors were consistently and often whilst from a student’s perspective, findings show that payment for WIL and gender affect aspects related to how they agreed or disagreed with statements in question.

Keywords

• work-integrated learning
• industry supervisors
• academic qualifications
• tourism industry
• tourism students