Incorporating Village Tourism into “Community Economy” Course: A Project-Based Learning Method in University

Abstract

Village tourism is a type of tourism which integrates nature, culture, education, and the active participation of the local. It is intended to improve the community's prosperity. This model aligns with the Community Economy (CE) concept which advocates for people's well-being. This paper aims to describe the ways in which village tourism is incorporated in a CE course in economics department using problem-based learning (PBL) method and explore the development of students' characteristics out of the learning process. The subjects of this research were 3 lecturers and 90 students from a state university and a private university in Indonesia. The research design was mixed research. The data collection techniques include observation, interview, and documentation. The research results show that 1) village tourism condition can be integrated into themes related to CE materials such as CE's basic concept, development model, policy, strategy, and partnership, society's empowerment, cooperative and micro small-medium enterprise, poverty alleviation, and 2) student's characteristics developed during the project. The researchers set some criteria to be observed: nationalistic, hardworking, creative, environmentally conscious, independent and cooperative, and after the observation, this research found that there was an increase in all these criteria. PBL encourages students to develop villages in Indonesia and find ways to increase national income and create sustainable development.

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