Objectives and competences
Objectives:
• Encourage students to seek their own research specialization and focus their further studies.
• Encourage students to read scientific and professional literature in the field of tourism studies, especially from the area in which they wish to specialize themselves.
• Encourage students to critically and analytically write in tourism studies, especially on the topics in which they want to specialize themselves.
Competencies:
• Research thinking and writing based on independent analysis of scientific literature in tourism studies.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Tourism studies - basic overview
• Identifying your own research area
• Professional and scientific genres in tourism studies with an emphasis on scientific review articles
• Rules of writing and citation
• Central research journals in the field of tourism studies
• Defining research questions
• Basics of research ethics
• Analytical approach to research
• Creating and defining one’s own theses
• The power of visualization in the research process
Learning and teaching methods
This course uses a wide range of teaching methods including:
• Seminar
• Discussion groups
• Presentations of own student work
• Video lectures and documentaries
• Individual study
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students:
• Understand the importance of specialization in research in tourism studies and take the first steps towards the specialization of their own research interests
• Distinguish between scientific and professional writing genres in tourism studies
• Are familiar with the most important scientific journals in the field of tourism studies
• Are able to formulate their own research questions
• Are able to search for scientific and professional literature from their field of interest
• Know how to cite literature
• Demonstrate the ability of an analytical approach to literature review
• Are able to put forward a thesis and argue it on the basis of literature review
Readings
Osnovna literatura / Essential sources:
Cooper, C., Hall M. C. (2019). Contemporary Tourism (Fourth Edition). Oxford: Goodfellow Publishing.
Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit. London: Penguin.
Seznam dodatnih študijskih materialov in revij bo razdeljen študentom ob začetku predavanj. / A list of additional study materials (published texts, journals, etc.) will be distributed when the module begins.
Prerequisits
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Active participation at the seminar 40%
Essay 60%
For completition of the course both parts of the final grade have to be grated positive!
