Applying the counseling-learning approach to a tourism-related massive open online course

ABSTRACT

This study discusses how to apply counseling-learning (CL) principles to a particular e-learning solution for teaching a tourism-related subject via a massive open online course (MOOC). Several effective caring patterns in achieving learning-related goals and being part of a community according to the CL principles are presented and discussed using the MOOC “eTourism: Communication Perspectives” as a case study. The study underlines how the MOOC platform can act as a place for contents enjoinment and active learning. Moreover, the active role of social media for increasing the engagement of learners in the proposed activities and for developing a sense of the community is identified. In particular, Facebook and Twitter can act as places for community building and informal social interactions among learners that last beyond the completion of the course, which in turn can be a valid aid for continuing the relationships among instructors/learners and learners/learners, and for reaching new ones.     

Then and Now: Examining Older People's Engagement in Outdoor Recreation Across the Life Course

Outdoor recreation provides a range of health and wellbeing benefits and facilitates engagement with natural environments. We explore older people's participation in outdoor recreation throughout their lives to examine how past experiences shape engagement later in life. A qualitative life history approach, consisting of semi-structured interviews and a focus group in three place-specific (urban, rural, and small town coastal) case studies in Scotland, was adopted. Thematic analysis revealed ways in which childhood experiences shaped adult engagement and highlighted life course transitions where behaviour change was most pronounced. Place and gender were considered as factors which may affect responses. Participants identified the points of getting married, becoming a parent, children entering adolescence, retirement, the onset of disabilities or ill health, and the death of others as “moments of change” in the extent and/or form of their outdoor recreation. The findings highlight potential for targeted interventions to promote outdoor recreation throughout life.     

“With a young spirit,we will be young forever”: Exploring the links between tourism and ageing well in contemporary China

This research explores the entangled relationships between tourism, ageing and well-being in later life. We challenge the universal connotations of old age and “ageing well” and see their relationships with tourism as dynamic processes, in which older people are continuously producing different meanings and fulfilling personal quests over life courses. Using the contextualist and temporal lens, four scenarios of the evolving relationships between tourism and ageing well were identified from the lived experiences and travel histories of 48 Chinese senior travelers. The results demonstrate that how tourism affects ageing well are shaped by senior travellers' early life and travel experiences, the personalised conceptions attached to tourism and well-being, which are indeed complex responses to their personal, social and cultural contexts. This research unveils vivid pictures of Chinese older adults’ leisure lives, and highlights the urgency to develop relevant tourism policies and marketing strategies to cater for their changing needs.     

优化课程教学体系培养学生综合能力

我们以抓主线、抓本质、抓联系、抓应用为教改指导思想,结合学生专业特点,优化机械工程材料课程教学体系,运用研讨式、启发渗透式等教学方法,突出知识应用,注重对学生综合能力的培养。     

高校专业课双语教学的目标定位与模式选择

在高校专业课中开展双语教学,是高等教育教学改革的有益尝试.在高校专业课双语教学目标定位的基础上,应采用以目标为导向、以学生为中心、以教师为引导的高校专业课双语教学模式.     

电子技术精品课程建设的探索

电子技术精品课程建设包括教学队伍,教学内容、方法和手段等。它对于推动课程的整体改革,推进教育教学观念创新,提高教学质量起着重要的作用。     

“课程思政”理念下金融学课程的教学设计及创新

将课程思政融入金融学专业的教学是实现立德树人教育教学目标的重要途径。利用金融学专业课程众多历史案例,通过案例教学将金融知识、金融技能、金融素养和思政元素充分结合。运用线上线下相结合的翻转课堂教学方式,践行以学生为主体的教育观,将社会主义核心价值观和中华民族传统文化融入金融专业知识,为中国金融安全和长远发展培养具有专业知识和金融职业道德的全能型金融人才。     

高职高专思想政治理论课实践教学研究

随着高等教育的改革不断深入,如何准确把握大学生的思想变化,如何更新教育理念,加强实践教学环节,以实践育人,构建以实践为栽体,增强理论教学的实效性,就成为思想政治理论课教学改革和建设迫切需要研究和解决的重要课题.     

互联网背景下市场营销专业课程思政教育的探索与实践——以“消费者心理与行为”课程为例

"课程思政"建设已纳入高校思想政治教育体系,借助专业课教学开展思政教育已成为高校思政教育研究热点,市场营销专业课程思政建设也在全面推进。为探索互联网背景下市场营销专业课的课程思政建设,以"消费者心理与行为"课程为例进行教学实践,提出课程分析、课程思政融入主题的选择、教学方法设计等课程思政建设的关键问题解决方案,增强思政教育的时代感和实效性,以期为市场营销专业全面推进课程思政建设提供有价值的参考。     

高职院校思想政治理论课与专业课协同育人路径探析

思想政治理论课和专业课作为高职院校实施人才培养非常重要的两类课程,担任这两类课程的教师作为高职院校做好立德树人工作非常重要的两支队伍,二者是否能够在教育教学中同向同行、形成合力,不仅关乎两类课程自身建设质量、更与高职人才质量稳步提升息息相关,但是囿于二者过去在教育理念、教育方法等方面存在差异,导致二者在协同育人方面的效果不明显,为更好地贯彻落实国家大力倡导的"三全"育人理念,展现合力教育实效,需要高职院校积极探索出适合二者协同育人的制度和方法,为新时代的中国培养出更多更好的高素质技能型人才。