Exploring the perceptions of Egyptian hotel management educators toward teaching alcohol service
Joint Authors
Afifi, Muhammad Fawzi
Gharib, Raniya Hafiz Mahmud
Source
Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels
Issue
Vol. 12, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2015), pp.88-99, 12 p.
Publisher
Alexandria University Faculty of Tourism
Publication Date
2015-06-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Most of the food and beverage syllabi taught in institutions offering hospitality education cover alcoholic beverages service.
Besides teaching this theoretically, practical training on bar work may be provided to give students the needed practical experience preparing them to real work life.
However, “alcohol in the class” has been argued as a controversial topic.
Teaching alcohol in a country with a Muslim majority could be a sensitive issue.
Whereas Islam prohibits not only alcohol drinking, but handling as well.
This presents a contentious issue for those educators responsible for delivering this course.
This paper opted to explore how academics perceive teaching alcohol, a topic that was not studied before.
An Arabic questionnaire was distributed to a number of educators in public and private universities and institutions delivering hospitality education.
The survey covered some personal and background questions, in addition to the survey drinking history, attitudes toward teaching of alcohol service, self-perception of religiosity.
Results indicated a difference between male and female educators’ attitudes toward teaching both alcohol service classes and laboratories.
However, a correlation between religiosity and attitudes toward teaching is not evident.
Furthermore, a significant association between career advice and perceptions of importance of service classes was found.
Similarly, the association between career advice and perceptions of importance of service laboratories proved to be statistically significant.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Afifi, Muhammad Fawzi& Gharib, Raniya Hafiz Mahmud. 2015. Exploring the perceptions of Egyptian hotel management educators toward teaching alcohol service. Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels،Vol. 12, no. 1, pp.88-99.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-856714
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Afifi, Muhammad Fawzi& Gharib, Raniya Hafiz Mahmud. Exploring the perceptions of Egyptian hotel management educators toward teaching alcohol service. Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Vol. 12, no. 1 (2015), pp.88-99.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-856714
American Medical Association (AMA)
Afifi, Muhammad Fawzi& Gharib, Raniya Hafiz Mahmud. Exploring the perceptions of Egyptian hotel management educators toward teaching alcohol service. Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels. 2015. Vol. 12, no. 1, pp.88-99.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-856714
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 98-99
Record ID
BIM-856714