Phenomenological Views and Analysis of Culinary Arts Students:

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• Phenomenological Views and Analysis of Culinary
  Arts Students
• The Nature of Being Before, During and After
  International Work Placement

Seminar Presentation Work Placements Mobility
Action, April 14, 2008, by Frank Cullen Lecturer
in Culinary Arts
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Research Aim Question

• Research Aim- to gain insight into The Nature of
  Being of Culinary Arts students engaged with
  international work placement.
• Research Question- What is the The Nature of
  Being for Culinary Arts students before, during
  and after international work placement?

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Research Focus
Spheres of Research
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Research Objectives

• To conduct a review of European mobility policy,
  its implementation in Ireland and the DIT
• Establish the key issues associated with being in
  the world of international work
  placement-experiential learning and cultural
  integration.
• Review the relationship between the key drivers
  of trans-national mobility and the students
  identity of self.
• Made recommendations based on the learning
  outcomes of this study

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Building Progress

• Refocusing the Lisbon Agenda of 2000
• Lisbon Agenda re-launch
• Moving towards the development of a single
  European focus on mobility

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Development of Self
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Self Identity
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Research Method

• Analytical approach used mix method research
  Quantitative and Qualitative
• Likert scale
• The culinary arts student valid population sample
  was N 44 consist of 30 female and 13 male. A
  sample of n 26 was obtained from the year 2007
  students, 18 female and 8 male. The 2006 year
  sample consist of n 18, consisting of 13 female
  and 5 male.

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Results Conclusion

• This research indicates that students go through
  a four stage process during the internship
  forming, storming, norming and conforming

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