国际教师Jean与Alice在德保罗大学的进修收获

两个月的时间对于万礼豪程国际教师而言过得飞快。一转眼，两位老师已经赴美两月有余了，本学期来自重庆与合肥的两位女老师来到了位于芝加哥的德保罗大学进修。我们请两位老师与我们分享她们在跟随导师司马博士学习时的心得与收获。让我们一起来看看一下她们本次进修的感悟吧！

徐静Alice

安徽外国语学院

德保罗大学成立于1898年，坐落于美国伊利诺斯州的芝加哥，是美国最大的天主教大学。去年年底，德保罗大学酒店管理学院还专门设立了万豪基金会学生发展活动中心，设施十分齐全，为学生提供更多了解酒店管理学院的机会和酒店行业激动人心的事业。

两位进修老师与她们的导师司马博士

在德保罗大学商学院万豪家族基金会学生发展中心

酒店管理专业的学生需要学习的课程包括三个部分：通识课程、商业核心课程和酒店管理课程。其中酒店管理课程由基础课程、里程碑课程、集中课程和专业课程四部分构成。

张瑾老师

重庆第二师范学院

本学期我们一共学习了9门课程，分别是：全球酒店业探索、私人俱乐部管理、国际葡萄酒教育与管理、酒店商务礼仪、婚礼策划与特殊社会事件管理、企业家讲座、酒店领导力与自我发展、酒店领导力与团队协作、旅游业与酒店业概述。其中前6门课程是课堂上面对面授课，后3门课程是在线学习。

徐静 Alice

1. 以学生为中心的教学：德保罗大学的酒店管理高等教育是以学生为主体，教师为主导的。学生善于思考，勤于提问，在课堂上教师授课期间，会经常提问与教师沟通，课堂参与程度非常高，这与中国目前酒店管理高等教育以教师为主的课堂是截然不同的。在美国的课堂上，教师只传授基本知识，而学生需要在课下自己学习并完成大量的功课和作业，例如论文、小组作业等，对学生各方面能力的培养十分有帮助。

2. 行业经验丰富的师资：德保罗大学的很多酒店管理高校教师都在酒店、餐厅、游轮公司、私人俱乐部、婚礼策划等行业工作过非常久的时间，具备丰富的行业实践经验，与行业接轨程度极高，可以很好地将理论知识与实践经验将结合。

3. 教学方法丰富：德保罗大学的酒店管理高校教师在课程教学中会使用案例分析、角色扮演、项目教学法等多种教学方法，教学中善于启发学生思考，鼓励学生提问。同时课程中的实践环节也非常丰富，可以让学生将学习的理论知识付诸于实践。

4.在线学习资源：德保罗大学开发了在线学习管理系统D2L，这个系统被广泛应用于德保罗大学所有的课程。目前德保罗大学的课程有三种类型，面对面课程、在线课程和混合课程（一次在线，一次面对面），所有的课程都可以利用D2L很好地进行教学。这学期我们的导师司马英明博士与之前在德保罗大学进修的万礼豪程国际教师刘嫄合作开发了GLE国际课程，GLE的全称是Global Learning Experience,通过借助于D2L，将美国学生、中国学生和蒙古学生聚集于一个课程之中，并尝试完成跨国课程教学。GLE是一个全新的尝试和创新，对于我们酒店管理专业教师来说，更是未来学习和努力的方向。

GLE应用截图

张瑾 Jean

最让我感到震撼的是德保罗大学商学院酒店管理学院与酒店行业之间丝丝入扣的紧密合作。酒店管理学院完美地诠释了我们常说的“请进来”与“走出去”，并示范了在这个竞争激烈与瞬息万变的时代中如何将教学与行业有效结合并无缝衔接。首先，酒店管理学院会随时把酒店行业带到课堂中，与行业之间建立紧密的合作。例如在“企业家讲座”中，Gibbons老师会在每周安排1-2位酒店行业不同领域的专家和精英来到课堂与学生交流。其次，酒店管理学院会把课堂与学生带出传统的教室，走到酒店行业里面去深切体会何为真实的酒店行业。例如在“私人俱乐部管理”中，Debe教授会在每周组织学生到不同的私人俱乐部进行参观与访谈，并提供大量的实习机会。这大大提高了学生的兴趣与积极性。这一切都离不开德保罗大学教职员工的高度责任心、远见卓识、高效管理与专业团队精神。

张瑾 Jean 与 徐静 Alice

2017年5月3日到5月7日，我们飞往圣地亚哥与另外两位在圣地亚哥州立大学进修的万礼豪程国际教师张老师和王老师汇合，与万礼豪程常务董事Carl Winston 、万礼豪程财务经理Carol Chen 、Blake教授、嘟教授等进行了愉快的交流。在嘟教授与Blake教授的指导下，我们四人进行了为期4天的交流学习，共同探讨了在美国交流学习的收获，尤其是教学方法和教学思路，并一起讨论了回国后如何更好地将所学所得应用到自己的工作与生活中，扩大万礼豪程的影响。整个安排紧凑而欢快，我们度过了难忘的圣地亚哥之行。在圣地亚哥停留期间，Blake教授、嘟教授等对我们关怀备至，安排周到，在这里我们想要向他们表示由衷的感谢。

四位国际教师齐聚圣地亚哥交流会面

四位国际教师与杜靖德教授

徐静 Alice

作为万礼豪程国际教师，在芝加哥生活、学习的这两个月对我来说，真的是太美好、太珍贵的体验，我变得更加自信，更加积极阳光，也更加热爱酒店管理教育事业。在德保罗大学进修期间，很开心也很幸运能与Nick、Lisa、Misty、Shelley、Oliver、Frank等酒店管理学院的优秀教师一起工作, 能与来自重庆第二师范学院的张瑾老师一起学习。非常感谢万礼豪程给我提供了这样一个宝贵的机会，也非常感谢我可爱的导师司马英明博士对我的生活、学习等各个方面的关心照顾，我还要感谢所有万礼豪程项目组成员对我的帮助和支持。我衷心希望未来我们可以更加深入地合作共同为中国酒店管理教育质量的提高贡献自己的力量。

张瑾 Jean

于我而言，本次美国之行最大的收获是激发了我积极的生活态度，尤其是对未知事物的探索与目标的坚持。另外，中西方文化的差异与中西方教育思想的激烈碰撞，也会影响我今后的酒店教育工作。毋庸置疑，此次美国之行会在我的人生中留下惊叹号，并指导着我的生活。很高兴能够与来自安徽外国语学院的徐静老师同在芝加哥交流学习。在此，感谢家人的支持与学校领导的信任，感谢我的导师司马英明博士与万礼豪程团队中的其它成员，感谢万礼豪程提供的珍贵机会！

ICHEI Fellows 

the two ladies at Depaul

Two months went by very fast for the International CHEI (ICHEI) Fellows in the US. This semester, two teachers from Chongqing and Hefei are completing fellowships at DePaul University in Chicago. We asked the two ladies to share what they have learned working with their mentor, Nicholas Thomas, CHEI academic advisor. Let’s read what they had to say.

Alice Xu, Anhui Foreign Languages University

Founded in 1898, DePaul University is the nation’s largest Catholic university and is located in Chicago, Illinois. Late last year, The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Center for Student Development and Engagement opened at DePaul. The Center’s amenities are very comprehensive and it has been established in the School of Hospitality Leadership (SHL) as a resource for students to learn more about opportunities at SHL and exciting careers in the booming hospitality industry.

Students who major in hospitality take courses that can be divided into three areas: liberal studies, business core and hospitality leadership. Courses included in Hospitality Leadership include foundation, milestone, concentration and specialization.

Jean Zhang, Chongqing University of Education

There are nine hospitality courses we’re taking this semester: Exploring Global Hospitality, Private Club Management, International Wine Education and Management, Hospitality Business Etiquette, Social and Wedding Special Event Management, Speaker Series, Hospitality Leadership and Self Development, Hospitality Leadership and Teams, Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality. DePaul has three 10-week academic terms in an academic year. The first six are face-to-face courses; the latter three are online courses.

Alice:

1. Student-centered classroom: Classroom interactions are very common between students and instructors, which is very different from China’s hospitality management higher education. In the classroom, instructors are only responsible for delivering basic knowledge and students have to accomplish a lot of study and assignments after class including papers, group assignments, and so on, which can be very helpful for cultivating students with all kinds of abilities.

2. Experienced faculty: Many instructors in the SHL worked for many years in the hospitality industry, such as hotels, restaurants, cruise lines, private clubs and wedding planning. This means they can incorporate hospitality industry and theoretical knowledge with hands-on practice into the classroom.

3. Teaching pedagogies: Instructors in the SHL apply case studies, role-plays and project-oriented teaching pedagogies in their classrooms. They do well in inspiring students’ thinking and encouraging students to ask questions. Also, there are abundant practical links in the courses, which means that students can put what they have learned into practice.

4. Online learning resources: DePaul has developed an online learning management system which is called Desire 2 Learn (D2L). There are three kinds of courses at DePaul: face-to-face online and hybrid (combination of face-to-face and online). This semester, our dear mentor Nick and the previous DePaul ICHEI fellow Kate Liu, worked together to develop a Global Learning Experience (GLE). It’s an attempt to mix students from the US, China and Mongolia in one class and accomplish transnational teaching with the aid of D2L. As hospitality management educators, we all agree that GLE is a great new attempt, and we should learn from Nick and Kate how to develop online courses for our students when we return to China.

Jean:

The most shocking thing is the integration of teaching and hospitality industry at DePaul. First, DePaul brings the hospitality industry into the classroom and encourages deep cooperation with industry. For example, faculty member Shelley invites the industry elites from different fields to communicate with students face-to-face in the Speaker Series course every week. Second, DePaul leads students and classes out of the traditional classroom to interact with the hospitality industry in real-world environments. For instance, Professor Debe organizes field trips in different private clubs every week. He also provides many internship opportunities in the Private Club Management course. Students are always excited and positive. The faculty and staff at DePaul have a high sense of responsibility, excellent vision, efficient management and professional team spirit.

Alice & Jean:

From May 3-7, we visited San Diego and joined two other ICHEI fellows, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang, who are studying at San Diego State University. We met with Carl Winston, CHEI managing director; Carol Chen, CHEI finance manager; Brian Blake and Professor Gene Lamke. We talked about our gains and challenges in the US, with specific focus on teaching methods and teaching ideas. The meeting in San Diego made us understand more deeply about our missions and duties as hospitality management educators after we return to China. We really appreciate Brian Blake and Professor Gene Lamke for taking good care of us in San Diego. It was a memorable experience.

Alice:

Learning and living in Chicago
is really a wonderful and precious experience, which makes me more confident, more positive and more passionate for the hospitality management education. I am very happy and lucky to work with Nick, Lisa, Misty, Shelley, Oliver, Frank and other excellent faculty members of SHL and to learn along with Zhang Jin from Chongqing University of Education. Thank you, CHEI very much for providing me this precious opportunity and I really appreciate my lovely mentor Nick for taking care of my study and life in Chicago. Also, I wish to express my gratitude to every member of the Marriott Foundation and CHEI for supporting and helping me. I sincerely wish that we can cooperate deeply to improve the hospitality management education in China in the future.

Jean:

The most important achievement is the new inspiration of my life attitude, especially for exploring new things and being more persistent in achieving my goals. It’s no doubt that the ICHEI fellow life in Chicago is one of the most impressive experiences in my life.

Please allow me to thank Dr. Nicholas Thomas again. He always takes care of us and considers our comfort. And I must thank CHEI for providing the precious chance to be an ICHEI Fellow. Then, I want to thank everyone on the CHEI team. I’m very happy to learn along with Xu Jing from Anhui Foreign Languages University. Thank you all so much!