ADAPTING THE CURRICUM IN TOURISM AT THE LEVEL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION STATES
Autor (i): Alexandra Gabriela, Burlacu
JEL: A20, I21, Z30, Z31
Cuvinte cheie: curriculum, education, tourism, European Union
Abstract:
Tourism, one of the most remarkable areas of our time, a sphere of activity with a high dynamism and
inexhaustible source of satisfaction for tourists, an area generating income and jobs.
The study of tourism will always entail a multitude of conceptual challenges, which can be addressed
from perspectives such as mobility, experiential and economic. The knowledge of tourism presents a continuous
change, especially when we talk about the efforts to define tourism not only as an interdisciplinary field of
research, but also as a vocational discipline within high school education, an aspect that constantly presents the
need for change, to adapt the curriculum to the new trends in the field of tourism. The interdisciplinarity of
tourism, as a field of study, may represent a weakness in the construction of theory. The topics published in
tourism studies show that they predominate through applied and business-oriented research, through marketing
and economic topics. From a geographical perspective, major areas of research include sustainability and
environmental issues, first and foremost, but also studies about destination, community and place.
What we propose in this study is an analysis of the education system in the field of tourism at the level
of the European Union states, a deepening of the content of the curricula in this field. This study aims to analyze
the needs of updating the curricum to the current needs in the field of tourism.
Tourism, one of the most remarkable areas of our time, a sphere of activity with a high dynamism and
inexhaustible source of satisfaction for tourists, an area generating income and jobs.
The study of tourism will always entail a multitude of conceptual challenges, which can be addressed
from perspectives such as mobility, experiential and economic. The knowledge of tourism presents a continuous
change, especially when we talk about the efforts to define tourism not only as an interdisciplinary field of
research, but also as a vocational discipline within high school education, an aspect that constantly presents the
need for change, to adapt the curriculum to the new trends in the field of tourism. The interdisciplinarity of
tourism, as a field of study, may represent a weakness in the construction of theory. The topics published in
tourism studies show that they predominate through applied and business-oriented research, through marketing
and economic topics. From a geographical perspective, major areas of research include sustainability and
environmental issues, first and foremost, but also studies about destination, community and place.
What we propose in this study is an analysis of the education system in the field of tourism at the level
of the European Union states, a deepening of the content of the curricula in this field. This study aims to analyze
the needs of updating the curricum to the current needs in the field of tourism.
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