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Minor content
The core Knowledge Areas are:
1. Cross cultural dialogue and understanding. Focusing on the importance of cross-cultural dialogue and understanding, students should be equipped with the skills to effectively communicate and engage with cultural diversity.
2. Sustainable practices. Exploring sustainable practices in tourism opportunities and their application in community projects. Providing students with the knowledge and tools to promote sustainable community tourism initiatives and build resilience, focusing on best practices, standards development and KPI measurements.
3. Analytical and planning skills. Emphasizing the use of data and strategic planning in tourism development. Students must possess the tools to be able to map the location so as to develop an appropriate proposal which is prototypes with the concerned stakeholders.
Structure of the minor
Students will be divided into groups. Groups formations will be kept as such for the entire period of the minor. Two methodological approaches will be adopted, cooperative and collaborative learning, in order to make the differences amongst students a potential for learning. Cooperative work will promote skills development, giving students the opportunity for real-life challenges to be addressed and developed utilising their range of abilities and interests. Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of educational approaches involving joint intellectual effort by students, teachers and stakeholders together, mutually searching for understanding, solutions, or meanings, or creating experiences. To support the learning process, workshops, (guest)lectures and field visits will be organised. This also includes culture and language classes. The field work will take 3 weeks in total and it is expected that students will be able to travel and eventually stay in the destination.
