The traditional teaching and training model is single, divorced from practice and industry needs, and lacks innovation in methods. As a result, the comprehensive abilities of teachers and students have not been fully enhanced. The purpose of this paper is to innovate the cultivation method of teachers' professional abilities through the "integration of competition, teaching, and research" model, improve teachers' comprehensive qualities, and address the existing deficiencies in the current cultivation of teachers' professional abilities. Taking the "Hotel Management and Digital Operation" major as an example, through case studies and field investigations, and by organically combining the application of the three links of competition, teaching, and research, this paper helps teachers improve their professional abilities and teaching quality in practice, thereby promoting students' comprehensive application ability of knowledge. The results also prove that the model for cultivating teachers' professional abilities is conducive to teachers' professional abilities, promotes the improvement of industry practice abilities (an increase of 21%), and improves their ability to guide students' innovation and scientific research levels. In summary, the model effectively guarantees the improvement of the teaching quality of the professional teaching team.

Yan Zeng. Research on the "Integration of Competition, Teaching, and Research" Model for Cultivating Teachers' Professional Abilities—Taking the Hotel Management and Digital Operation Major as an Example. Frontiers in Educational Research (2025) Vol. 8, Issue 2: 148-156. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2025.080221.

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