Strengthening the Delivery Mechanism in Hospitality Management Education by Applying the Implications of Sound Pedagogical Theories

Abstract- This paper is an attempt to identify the ways to strengthen the delivery mechanism of Hospitality Management Education in India by applying the implications of sound pedagogical theories. The elements like human resources, materials and methodology-applied act as foundation of efficient delivery mechanism. In order to reinforce these foundation elements, it becomes essential to provide some pedagogical scaffolding to them. These pedagogical scaffoldings, consisting of findings of various teaching-learning theories, propose many instructional strategies that can be utilized for enhancing the efficacy of Hospitality Management Education. In Indian context, the curricula of various courses of hospitality education are developed by the academic or professional institutions with the inputs of regulatory bodie