Interactive teaching methods as the means of tourism bachelor students’ preparation for their professional interaction with tourism service consumers

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of tourism bachelor students’ preparation for their professional interaction with the target customers by the means of interactive teaching methods. The effectiveness of the use of basic interactive teaching methods (discussions, business games, round tables, brainstorming, project’s method and case method) and the purpose of their application are determined, practical implementation is described and the results are predicted. The results of teachers’’ questionnaire and interviews with them concerning interactive methods of teaching application are presented. It is emphasized that the combination of interactive methods and their integration may vary depending on the modern technologies used, the development of tourism business and management, educational reforms, etc.