Evaluation of the quality of the curriculum of the master's degree in tourism The trend of development planning from the perspective of stakeholders

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1 Department of Educational Sciences - University of Mazandaran

2 MASTER DEGREE GRADUATE

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the internal and external quality of the tourism master's curriculum in terms of development planning from the point of view of the stakeholders. The research method is descriptive survey type. The statistical population of the study consists of faculty members, master's students and graduates )managers(. Using a sampling method, 30 faculty members, 50 graduates and 50 students as sample Statistics are selected. To collect information, three researcher-made questionnaires were used by professors, students and graduates. Content validity was used to measure the validity of the questionnaire. Using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the reliability of the faculty members' questionnaire was 0.82, 0.80 students, and 0.79 graduates. For data analysis, one-sample t-test, independent t-test, analysis of variance and Friedman test were used. The results showed that the level of utilization of the element of logic and materials in the level of students is low, the element of learning activities and time at the high level and the desirability of other elements in the moderate level. In terms of faculty members, the level of utility of the element of logic and evaluation at a low level is the goal element

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