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Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward

Culinary art education used to have a narrow focus that forgoes its richness and ignores its infiltration into economic, political, and cultural aspects within society. Recently the world witnessed an evolution in this field of study as it reached tertiary education institutions. However, in Egypt,...

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Main Author: Abdel Motaal, Kadria Ali
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Published: AUC Knowledge Fountain 2023
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description Culinary art education used to have a narrow focus that forgoes its richness and ignores its infiltration into economic, political, and cultural aspects within society. Recently the world witnessed an evolution in this field of study as it reached tertiary education institutions. However, in Egypt, culinary art studies are integrated into hospitality education and are still confined to a shallow concept. This study aimed to explore the perception of the culinary art community in Egypt on their higher education programs from a sociocultural perspective. It also explored the possible new frameworks, and core competencies to improve culinary arts higher education curricula in Egypt. The study used a qualitative research methodology based on a case study strategy for inquiry. Data were collected via focus group discussions, and individual interviews. Data analysis relied on a combination of deductive, and inductive approaches to classify the results under five main themes. The findings confirmed the literature review on many points like the social connotation of food, and the divided perception of the culinary arts’ higher education in Egypt between the traditional mindset that considers it a vocational field, and the emerging experts who see the potential of this field as an academic discipline based on scientific knowledge. Also, the gap in Egyptian higher education in culinary art was confirmed, the participants called for an education that promotes creativity, and innovation. The study proposed a multidisciplinary curriculum framework for culinary art higher education, to serve as guiding reference for the future development of this discipline.
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spelling oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-3026 Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward Abdel Motaal, Kadria Ali Culinary art education used to have a narrow focus that forgoes its richness and ignores its infiltration into economic, political, and cultural aspects within society. Recently the world witnessed an evolution in this field of study as it reached tertiary education institutions. However, in Egypt, culinary art studies are integrated into hospitality education and are still confined to a shallow concept. This study aimed to explore the perception of the culinary art community in Egypt on their higher education programs from a sociocultural perspective. It also explored the possible new frameworks, and core competencies to improve culinary arts higher education curricula in Egypt. The study used a qualitative research methodology based on a case study strategy for inquiry. Data were collected via focus group discussions, and individual interviews. Data analysis relied on a combination of deductive, and inductive approaches to classify the results under five main themes. The findings confirmed the literature review on many points like the social connotation of food, and the divided perception of the culinary arts’ higher education in Egypt between the traditional mindset that considers it a vocational field, and the emerging experts who see the potential of this field as an academic discipline based on scientific knowledge. Also, the gap in Egyptian higher education in culinary art was confirmed, the participants called for an education that promotes creativity, and innovation. The study proposed a multidisciplinary curriculum framework for culinary art higher education, to serve as guiding reference for the future development of this discipline. 2023-02-15T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1993 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3026/viewcontent/kadria_ali_abdelmotaal_thesis.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Culinary art Higher education Curriculum framework Egypt. Curriculum and Instruction Curriculum and Social Inquiry Educational Leadership
spellingShingle Culinary art
Higher education
Curriculum framework
Egypt.
Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum and Social Inquiry
Educational Leadership
Abdel Motaal, Kadria Ali
Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward
title Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward
title_full Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward
title_fullStr Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward
title_full_unstemmed Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward
title_short Perceptions of The Culinary Art Community On Their Higher Education Programs in Egypt: The Way Forward
title_sort perceptions of the culinary art community on their higher education programs in egypt the way forward
topic Culinary art
Higher education
Curriculum framework
Egypt.
Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum and Social Inquiry
Educational Leadership
url https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1993
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