Turizm Rehberliği Eğitimi Alan Öğrencilerin Yaşam Boyu Öğrenme Eğilimlerinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Tourism guidance students need to fulfill the requirements of lifelong learning and have this motivation in order to provide their personal and professional development and to be a good guide. The aim of this study is to determine the lifelong learning tendencies of the students who have received tourism guidance education. The sample of the study consisted of 323 students studying at Balıkesir University, Tourism Faculty, Department of Tourism Guidance. The data obtained by the survey method were evaluated by frequency analysis, reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, analysis of arithmetic mean and standard deviation values, independent group t test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). As a result of the research, it was determined that the lifelong learning tendencies of the students receiving tourism guidance education were high and there were also differences between the students' demographic characteristics and lifelong learning tendencies.