ERIC Number: EJ1236602
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 9
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ISSN: EISSN-1857-6036
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Slovenian Tourism Curricula Analysis
Mušic, Katarina; Mekinc, Janez; Cvikl, Helena; Prelog, Timotej
European Journal of Educational Sciences, v2 n1 p33-41 Mar 2015
Advances are required in the Slovenian tourism education system in order to successfully cope with current and future issues and achieve balanced development. This research is focused on Slovenian undergraduate educational programmes in Tourism. We analysed the contents of the programmes, appointed relevant skill sets and later analysed the representation of said skill groups through the programmes' taught skills. We then compared the mean representation of skills and skill sets to those skills considered a requirement by Slovenian tourism. In addition, a comparison with more general theories of balanced tourism education was made. The evidence suggests that Slovenian undergraduate tourism education programmes are relatively well-equipped for serving the staffing needs of Slovenian tourism, however they still lack the fundamental balance between vocational, academic and transferrable skills in order to achieve theoretically ideal forms of tourism education programmes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tourism, Curriculum, Undergraduate Study, Skill Development, Job Skills, Program Content, Business Administration Education
European Scientific Institute. International Relation Office, St. 203, No.1, 2300 Kocani, Republic of Macedonia. e-mail: contat@ejes.eu; Web site: http://ejes.eu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Slovenia
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