The didactic and teaching of tourism in the virtual environment

Abstract

This study addresses the concept of didactics and its intervention in the teaching of Tourism in the virtual environment. At the same time, certain contents related to the relevance, importance and objectives of said discipline are developed that guide the teaching and learning processes. The general characteristics of didactics are also addressed, emphasizing its purpose, contexts of application and systematization, articulated with the thematic axes and epistemological horizons that offer solidity to the teaching of tourism. In this way, the way in which didactics can contribute to the understanding and solution of the main problems identified in the analysis of trends and tensions that make up the basic core of teaching tourism as a profession is explained. All this aimed at the coherent articulation of tourism theory and practice, its importance in the quality of the teacher's micro-curricular planning as a basis for the development of the class. For this, it will be necessary to delve into defining issues of didactics in its pedagogical sense, related to the construction of knowledge and the encouragement of students to develop it. The study is based on the bibliographic review of different authors and the analysis of the experience of the pedagogical practices of the authors, which allowed the development of theoretical and practical research on the subject.