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Article 'Academic Credibility and the Hospitality Curriculum: The Image Problem' Theoretically Analyzed

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Social issues can be and are assessed in a variety of perspectives. The purpose here is to evaluate one short article in terms of  interpretive social theory and then briefly assess it in terms of functionalism, conflict theory and critical theory. Interpretive Theory Constructed Nature of Social Meaning and Reality  Evans (1988) notes the differences in perception regarding liberal arts education and training in "trades." The author believes that it is only proponents of liberal arts  education who see education in applied knowledge as being less valuable than more general liberal arts education. He notes that those calling for greater concentration on liberal arts complain  that other, more directly applicable forms of education are somehow less valuable in that they appear not to require students either to think or to learn to think. Instead,  they are seen as merely collecting facts that should be directly applicable to some situation in their chosen applied field. A cornerstone of  interpretive theory is to "understand how people construct and act upon meanings" (de Marrais and Le Compte, year; p. 39), and Evans (1988) explores this aspect of the theory.  He writes that those promoting the need for greater emphasis in liberal arts fail to recognize that study of the hospitality industry incorporates many of the topics and issues that  those in liberal arts believe are needed in a complete education. He notes that in academia, the "more applied you are, the lower you are on the academic totem  pole, and this is true in math, chemistry, nutrition, and even the liberal-arts area of theatre" (Evans, 1988; p. 45). According to Evans