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Fieldwork For Students In Tourism Programmes: Is It More Tourism Than Learning?

Table 1:

Assessed item 1 (%) 2 (%) 3 (%) 4 (%) 5 (%) M IQR Answers from FGDs
Planning for tourism 5.55 0 11.11 16.67 66.67 5.00 1 “The activity from Schulerwald was, by far, my favorite one”“I liked that we had the chance to unfold outdoor activities”
Apply interviews in the field 16.67 0 5.55 16.67 61.11 5.00 2 “I improved my social skills”“I learned how to approach people of all ages”
Assessment of tourism development 5.55 11.11 11.11 33.34 38.89 4.00 2 “I loved the fact that we also had some spare time, not just work time”
Design questionnaires 5.55 5.55 22.22 27.79 38.89 4.00 2 “I found out the key principles of effective questionnaire design”
Apply questionnaires 11.11 5.55 16.67 27.78 38.89 4.00 2 “I learned how to persuade someone into answering a questionnaire”“I learned how to accept it and deal with it”
Conducting a focus group 11.11 11.11 11.11 27.78 38.89 4.00 3 “The field activity proved to be very productive; I learned a lot and I experienced beautiful things”
Using power point for presentation of results 5.55 5.55 33.34 22.22 33.34 4.00 2 “I learned a lot of tips and tricks for designing a PPT”“It did not make sense to prepare a PPT that it could have been made at home”
Field observation 0 16.67 33.33 16.67 33.33 3.50 2 “We got the chance to visit many tourist attractions in a short time”“It helped us a lot to deepen our knowledge”
Writing a reaction paper 16.67 16.67 16.67 22.22 27.77 3.50 3 “It helped me discover things I've never heard of before”
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