Evaluation of Tourism Undergraduates’ 21st Century Learner Skills Usage from Pedagogical Perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21325/jotags.2022.1037Keywords:
21st-century learner skills, Tourism, Curriculum, Tourism facultiesAbstract
This article aims to measure the level of tourism undergraduates' 21st-century learner skills usage and compare their skills based on the variables of gender and department. The research data was gathered from tourism faculties in Turkey through the convenience sampling method. 411 tourism undergraduates from four different departments completed the research questionnaire. According to research findings, tourism undergraduates use 21st-century learner skills and four sub-dimensions (cognitive, collaboration, autonomous and flexibility and innovative skills) above midlevel. It was also found that tourism undergraduates’ usage of 21st-century learner skills significantly differed based on the department variable; however, it did not differ based on the gender variable. In addition to these, tourism guidance undergraduates’ 21st-century learner skills usage significantly differed from that of gastronomy undergraduates in the “General 21st-century learner skills usage”, factors of “Cognitive Skills” and “Innovative Skills”. However, they were found not to have differed in the factors of “Collaboration and Flexibility” and “Autonomous Skills”.
References
AASL (American Association of School Librarians). (2007). Standards for the 21st-century learner. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/guidelinesandstandards/ learningstandards/AASL_LearningStandards.pdf on January 20, 2020.
AASL (American Association of School Librarians). (2009). Standards for the 21st-century learner in action. Chicago: ALA
Anagün, S., Atalay, N., Kılıç, Z., & Yaşar, S. (2016). Öğretmen adaylarına yönelik 21. yüzyıl becerileri yeterlilik algıları ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi: geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. PAU Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 40 (40), 160-175.
Ananiadou, K. & Claro, M. (2009). 21st-century skills and competencies for new millennium learners in OECD countries. OECD Education Working Papers: OECD Publishing. Retrieved from http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/21st-century-skills-and-competences-for-new-millennium-learners-in-oecd-countries_218525261154 on January 25, 2020
Anıl, D., Özer Özkan, Y. & Demir, E. (2015). PISA 2012 araştırması ulusal nihai raporu. Ankara: MEB Yayıncılık.
Billing, D. (2007). Teaching for transfer of core/key skills in higher education: Cognitive skills. Higher Education, 53(4), 483-516.
Boyacı, Ş. D. B. & Özer, M. G. (2019). Öğrenmenin geleceği: 21. yüzyıl becerileri perspektifiyle Türkçe dersi öğretim programları. Anadolu Journal of Educational Sciences International, 9(2), 708- 738.
Callison, D. & Lamb, A. (2004). Keywords in instruction. Audience analysis. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 21(1), 34-39
Caruana, S., & Mcpherson, M. (2015). A constructive alignment approach for assessing essential cultural soft skills in tourism. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 191, 6-11.
Çavdar, O. & Doymuş, K. (2016). İyi bir eğitim ortamı için yedi ilkenin işbirlikli öğrenme yöntemi ile kullanılmasının fen ve teknoloji dersinde başarıya etkisi. Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 20(2), 441-466.
Dede, C. (2010). Comparing frameworks for 21st-century skills. 21st-Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn, 20, 51-76.
Farrell, A., Souchon, A. & Durden, G. (2001). Service encounter conceptualization: employees' service behaviours and customers' service quality perceptions. Journal Marketing Management, 17, 577-593.
Göksün, D. O. (2017). Öğretmen adaylarının 21. yy. öğrenen becerileri ve 21. yy. öğreten becerileri arasındaki ilişki (Doctoral dissertation, Anadolu University (Turkey)).
Hasırcı, S. (2018). Anadili öğretiminde çok uyaranlı eğitim ortamı ve bu ortamın bileşenlerinin önemi. Turkish Studies, 13(19), 895-922.
Kim, Y., Kim, S. S., Seo, J., & Hyun, J. (2011). Hotel employees' competencies and qualifications required according to hotel Divisions. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts, 3(2), 1-18.
Korkut, E. ve Akkoyunlu, B. (2008). Yabancı dil öğretmen adaylarının bilgi ve bilgisayar okuryazarlık öz-yeterlikleri. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 34, 178-188.
Kurudayıoğlu, M. & Tüzel, M. S. (2010). 21. yüzyıl okuryazarlık türleri, değişen metin algısı ve Türkçe eğitimi. Türklük Bilimi Araştırmaları,28, 283-298.
Lai, E. R. & Viering, M. (2012). Assessing 21st-century skills: Integrating research findings. Vancouver, B.C.: National Council on Measurement in Education.
Melvin, L. (2011). How to keep good teachers and principals: practical solutions to today's classroom problems. R&L Education.
OECD (The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). (2012). Connected minds: Technology and today’s learners, educational research and innovation. OECD Publishing. Retrieved from http://www.oecdilibrary.org/education/connected-minds_9789264111011-en on January 26, 2020.
Özdamar, K. (2013). Paket programlar ile istatistiksel veri analizi (Cilt 1). Ankara: Nisan Kitapevi, 27-36.
Pedro, F. (2006). The new mıllennıum learners: Challenging our views on ICT and learning. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/38358359.pdf on February 11, 2020.
Şahin, M. C. (2010). Eğitim fakültesi öğrencilerinin yeni binyılın öğrencileri (OECD-New millennium learners) ölçütlerine göre değerlendirilmesi. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Anadolu University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Eskişehir.
Tennant, M., McMullen, C. & Kaczynski, D. (2009). Teaching, learning and research in higher education: A critical approach. Routledge.
Tezbaşaran, A. A. (1997). Likert tipi ölçek geliştirme kılavuzu. Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, 12, 22-25.
Trilling, B. & Fadel, C. (2009). 21st-century skills: Learning for life in our times: learning for life in our times. John Wiley & Sons.
Türk, E. (1999). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı’nda yapısal değişmeler ve Türk eğitim sistemi. Ankara: Nobel.
Uçak, S. & Erdem, H.H. (2020). Eğitimde yeni bir yön arayışı bağlamında 21. yüzyıl becerileri ve eğitim felsefesi. Uşak Üniversitesi Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6 (1), 76-93.
Wagner, T. (2008). The global achievement gap: Why even our best schools don't teach the new survival skills our children need and what we can do about it. Basic Books
Williams, C., Gannon, S. & Sawyer, W. (2013). A genealogy of the 'future': Antipodean trajectories and travels of the '21st-century learner'. Journal of Education Policy, 28(6), 792-806
Woods-Groves, S. (2015). The human behaviour rating scale–brief: A tool to measure 21st-century skills of K-12 learners. Psychological Reports: Measure & Statistics, 116(3), 769-796.
Wright, P. W., Wright, P. D. & Heath, S. W. (2006). No child left behind. Harbor House Law Press.
Yalçın, S. (2018). 21. Yüzyıl becerileri ve bu becerilerin ölçülmesinde kullanılan araçlar ve yaklaşımlar. Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, 51 (1), 183-201.
Young-Thelin, L., & Boluk, K. (2012). A case study of human resource practices in small hotels in Sweden. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 11(4), 327-353.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Journal of Tourism & Gastronomy Studies
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
