Dr Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos

Sandra Vasconcelos is an Assistant Professor at the School of Hospitality and Tourism, Polytechnic Institute of Porto. She holds a PhD in Multimedia in Education and is an integrated member of the Research Centre “Didactics and Technology in Education of Trainers”. In addition to teaching Technical English and Intercultural Communication to graduate students, she has been involved in research projects within the scope of tourism education, e-learning, b-learning, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), informal learning, interdisciplinary practices and the use of digital technology in education and is currently part of ATLAS’ (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education) SIG on Tourism Education, which aims to provide a platform to research and address transversal challenges in tourism education and training. She is also her School’s representative at the Polytechnic of Porto’s Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and advisor for Distance Education, having an active role in the development and implementation of teacher training workshops that promote innovative methodologies and pedagogies.

Publications

Fostering Pedagogical Innovation in Tourism Education Through Experiential Learning: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit
Fostering Pedagogical Innovation in Tourism Education Through Experiential Learning: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit
Dr Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Carla Melo, António Melo. © 2023. 20 pages.
Due to its service-oriented nature, Tourism and Hospitality Education relies heavily on experimental learning (EL) approaches, that focus on real-word challenges and can...
Learning While Teaching: Harnessing the Potential of Peer-to-Peer Learning to Enhance Language Learning
Learning While Teaching: Harnessing the Potential of Peer-to-Peer Learning to Enhance Language Learning
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos. © 2023. 18 pages.
Focussing on a project carried out within the scope of an English Applied to Tourism course, this chapter describes a teaching and learning strategy, putting forward the...
Transforming Tourism Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Tourism Management
Transforming Tourism Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Tourism Management
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Carla Melo. © 2022. 20 pages.
The chapter describes an interdisciplinary project that was designed and implemented within the scope of a Tourist Activities Management degree whose main topic was...
Pitch This: Storytelling as a Means to Enhance Your Personal Brand
Pitch This: Storytelling as a Means to Enhance Your Personal Brand
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Ana Balula. © 2021. 16 pages.
The following chapter describes the design and implementation of a teaching and learning strategy that aimed to explore the affordances of storytelling when it comes to the...
Stepping Up to the Challenge: Innovative Online Strategies in the ESP Digitalised Classroom
Stepping Up to the Challenge: Innovative Online Strategies in the ESP Digitalised Classroom
Ana Balula, Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos. © 2021. 16 pages.
Even though, over the last decades, most higher education institutions (HEI) have come to increasingly integrate technology in their practices, namely as a way of enhancing...
(Re)acting to the COVID-19 Crisis in Hotels: The Perceptions of Portuguese Managers
(Re)acting to the COVID-19 Crisis in Hotels: The Perceptions of Portuguese Managers
António Melo, Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Carla Melo, Miguel Silva. © 2021. 24 pages.
Aiming to provide an overview of the hospitality sector in Portugal amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in this chapter, the authors call on hotel managers and their perceptions to...
Teaching English to Marketing Students: Bridging the Gap Between Academic and Real-World Skills
Teaching English to Marketing Students: Bridging the Gap Between Academic and Real-World Skills
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Ana Balula. © 2019. 22 pages.
The marketing sector has been experiencing substantial changes due to the constant need to adjust to apace-evolving markets and demands. Digital development takes on an important...
Socrative: Using Mobile Devices to Promote Language Learning
Socrative: Using Mobile Devices to Promote Language Learning
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Ana Balula. © 2019. 20 pages.
Focusing on the use mobile devices to promote language learning, this chapter documents the use of the student response system Socrative in two German courses taking place at two...
Master in Innovative Tourism Development: A Blended Learning Experience in the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
Master in Innovative Tourism Development: A Blended Learning Experience in the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Ana Balula, Pedro Almeida. © 2017. 20 pages.
This chapter analyses a Portuguese HEI's first experience with blended learning. Focusing on the Master in Innovative Tourism Development currently being held at the Superior...
Socrative: Using Mobile Devices to Promote Language Learning
Socrative: Using Mobile Devices to Promote Language Learning
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Ana Balula. © 2017. 23 pages.
Focusing on the use mobile devices to promote language learning, this chapter documents the use of the student response system Socrative in two German courses taking place at two...
Master in Innovative Tourism Development: A Blended Learning Experience in the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
Master in Innovative Tourism Development: A Blended Learning Experience in the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
Sandra Vieira Vasconcelos, Ana Balula, Pedro Almeida. © 2016. 19 pages.
This chapter analyses a Portuguese HEI's first experience with blended learning. Focusing on the Master in Innovative Tourism Development currently being held at the Superior...