| 英文摘要 |
A mismatch between tourism education and industry demands continues to hinder graduates’ career alignment and sector retention. This study integrates the concept of Design Thinking with the development of integrated tourism professionals, aligning with industry demands. Grounded in job competency frameworks, the research incorporates University Social Responsibility (USR) field practices and Project-Based Learning (PBL) to construct a human-centered, interdisciplinary, and problem-solving-oriented talent cultivation model. The model aims to enhance students’ communication, creativity, and practical abilities. Adopting a longitudinal design, the study implemented curriculum interventions across two academic years in two required undergraduate courses: Introduction to Tourism and Tourism Psychology and Behavior. The first year focused on building foundational integrated tourism competencies; the second emphasized taskoriented within sustainable community settings. This approach encouraged students to engage with local issues through interdisciplinary collaboration, fostering deeper awareness and responsiveness to real-world contexts. Data were collected pre- and postintervention to measure students’ self-perceived competencies, learning satisfaction, industry adaptability, and career intention, and were analyzed using PLS-SEM. Results revealed significant improvement in students’ collaboration and communication skills, interdisciplinary problem-solving abilities, and capacity for knowledge integration. The “cross-site, co-learning” model of collaborative practice enabled students to demonstrate stronger applied skills through both reflective thinking and hands-on practice, underscoring the importance of integrated competencies. The study recommends that vocational higher education institutions acknowledge students’ aspirations to “solve problems” and “create change for the future” by implementing curriculum designs that are field-driven, interdisciplinary, and socially responsible. This study highlights the value of field-oriented, interdisciplinary, and socially responsible curriculum design in enhancing students’ professional competitiveness and commitment to the tourism industry, thereby cultivating sustainable, practice-ready tourism professionals with diverse social impact. |