Constructivist Learning Theory Teaching Tourism Management.doc

Constructivist Learning Theory Teaching Tourism Management [Paper Keywords] constructivist learning theory tourism management education [Abstract] Learning Theory for the Teaching of Tourism Management provides a new theoretical basis. Constructivist learning theory emphasizes that information processing is the main body of students, meaning the active construction of knowledge, teachers are helping the construction of meaning, facilitator . Tourism Management is to develop applied talents of an emerging professional discipline of the characteristics required of student-centered teaching, the use of themes, situations, cases and other teaching methods, requiring teachers to enhance all aspects of the knowledge and skills, as well as the role of conversion. Tourism Management is for the tourism market, tourism personnel training applied mainly research, supplemented by tourism, a new professional personnel. From the late 20th century, the first of the 70 tourism institutions - since the establishment of Shanghai Tourism College tourism institutions have made great progress on a number of .80 s, and tourism management majors in college and university-based, 90 years later, this situation has changed, now offers a master’s degree more than 200 schools, PhD graduate schools in more than 10. However, tourism is set up more than 10 years of professional institutions accounted for only 43.3% in 6-10 years and only 34.3%, showing that tourism discipline is relatively young. coupled with high academic qualifications The teacher ratio is low, many teachers, “halfway decent”, the lack of practical experience practitioners often use traditional teaching methods, leading to the currently accepted talent demand of education and industry. constructivist learning theory to the traditional teaching theories, teaching ideas put forward challenges, proposed a new learning theory and teaching theory. This is the Teaching of Tourism Management provides a new perspective.