Research On Cultivating Program For Postgraduate Of Tourism-related Degree

Cultivating programs are blue prints for postgraduate's education, which specific"what kind of talent"is required and determine the quality of postgraduate education training quality. This paper focus on the training programs of postgraduates in the major of tourism follows the normal road of status analysis---topic defining---problem solution. By combination the method of document analysis, investigation, comparative analysis, thus makes profound exploration for the purpose of establishing a scientific and suitable training program.As the introduction, the first part clarifies the cause and meaning of the topic, reviews the relating research home and abroad, defines some key concept of postgraduate in the major tourism, cultivating programs, cultivating mode, course setting, professional degree, academic degree etc. In addition, the scope of research, notions concerned and methods adopted are also mentioned.The second part consists of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, analysis the present of tourism master's degree in higher education both in the domestic and overseas. Contrast the cultivating program of tourism talent training institutions with the student's estimate; explore the gap between intended purposes and actual results. Then point out the present problems in cultivating program: cultivation objective is too broad, curriculums setting bring in difficulty in building personalized knowledge structure, and students almost have no chance participate in research and outstanding graduate thesis less. Based on the inspection of present and future development direction on higher tourism education in foreign, compared with our country, find the important reference to our country.The third part is Chapter 4, explores the fundamental theories and principles on set up cultivating program. Finding the implication of "Theory of Constructivism" on reform of training program, the role of "higher education popularity"on change the cultivating objection, on transforms the cultivating program; the theoretical principles on building cultivating program for postgraduate of tourism-related degree.The fourth part, Chapter 5, based on the problem of talent cultivating in postgraduate which mentioned, absorb the advanced foreign experience for china's specific condition, under the guidance of theory, explore that tourism talent cultivating required"professional degree"and"academic degree"objections , and restructure the"Master of tourism professional degree"cultivating program, optimal the"Master of tourism academic degree"cultivating program from three aspect: curriculum setting ,research and dissertation.