Acta Didactica Napocensia
Volume 10 Number 3, pages 19-34
Published: 12 November 2017
THE USE OF
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AS A TEACHING METHOD IN
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN TOURISM
Elena Mădălina
Mocanu (Dedu), Alecxandrina Deaconu
Abstract: Globalization and technological change that have
characterized recent years have created a new global economy powered by
technology, fueled by information and knowledge, with serious implications for
the nature and purpose of education institutions.
Effective integration of ICT into the education system
is a complex, multilateral process that involves not only the presence of
technology, but also a corresponding curriculum, institutional availability,
teachers’ skills development, long-term funding.
This article explores the use of ICT tools in
vocational education and training in tourism, proposing concrete ways to use
new technologies in teaching-learning-evaluation of disciplines in the field of Tourism and Food. The
research was carried out on a sample composed of high school students from
Constanta County, Romania, and we used the psycho-pedagogical experiment as a
research method. The results of the analysis confirm the initial hypothesis
that the use of ICT, as a teaching method in tourism classes, determines, among
pupils, the formation and development of specific skills to a greater extent
than the use of traditional methods.
Key words: Information and Communication Technology,
Vocational education, Innovation in education, Computer software, Tourism