Formation of professional competence in students when teaching the disciplines of tourism direction

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to highlight the formation of professional competencies in education seekers while teaching tourism disciplines. The study is considered with the aim to form professional competencies in the field of geography, recreation and tourism in future specialists.

Main material. The article analyzes professional competence of future specialists in the field of geography, recreation and tourism as an integrative quality, including mastery level of professional knowledge, skills, and abilities. The author considers the following forms of education: problem-based lectures, practical classes, independent work, excursions, describing the teaching methods: business (role-playing games), project method, etc.; and teaching tools (developed system of exercises and tasks, distance education). The study pays much attention to the formation of professional competences of future specialists in the field of geography, recreation and tourism, disclosing the specifics of their use. There is an example of the applied project method during the teaching course of the discipline “Local history and regional tourism”. The study is based on the results of a student survey on interest in studying tourism disciplines.

Conclusions. The article analyzes pedagogical conditions for the formation of positive motivation of students regarding the study of tourism disciplines through the professional direction of their content. The article specifies the use of distance learning tools for organizing students’ independent work. The author determines development of professional and personal qualities of students by means of business games, using the project method, ensuring the problematic and creative nature of educational tasks. As a result, key professional competences of future specialists in the field of geography, recreation and tourism have been formed.