The Evaluation of Distance Learning in Tourism Education in the Pandemic Process

The most important feature that distinguishes the tourism sector from many sectors is that it has a labor-intensive structure. Therefore, the knowledge and skills of those working in this sector are important for the competitiveness of businesses. In this direction, tourism education curricula are developed on a practical basis. During the pandemic, the functioning of the tourism industry has come to a complete halt, so education has been moved to digital platforms. In this process, many application-based courses were suspended and these courses were started to be carried out on digital platforms. The aim of this study is to evaluate the views of students who receive tourism education in the pandemic process towards distance learning. The action research technique, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. Action research is a method actively used by educators who take the role of researchers to systematically and scientifically obtain information and develop applications in various fields of education. The sample of the study consists of 24 students studying tourism in the 2020-2021 academic years. The research data were collected using a semi-structured interview technique. As a result of the research, while the students expressed positive opinions about distance learning, they stated that they lacked the application aspect, which is a necessity of tourism education. In addition, with the statements put forward, it is concluded that students improve themselves by participating in seminars and trainings with distance learning methods in many different countries in the pandemic process. Among the problems experienced, students stated that there is a lack of infrastructure.

Intimacy collapse: Temporality, pleasure, and embodiment in gay hook-up app use

This article maps key tensions in contemporary, mediatized gay male sexual culture by focusing on hook-up app use. Based on data generated through a situated and visual interview technique, the paper gather experiences from hook-up app users in the U.K. Concerned with how understandings and usage of hook-up apps are bound up with normative evaluations of their ability to produce “good” intimacy, I suggest integrating analysis of practice and infrastructural capacities with critical intimacy theory. This is captured in the concept intimacy collapse of which I examine three types: one between immediacy and foresight, another between organic and representational pleasure objects, and a third between personal and social acts of looking. The analysis demonstrates that intimacy collapses in hook-up apps produce new (in)visibilities, anxieties and opportunities that are distributed unevenly across the disparate online cultures and identities that make up gay culture.

Marketing Strategy of Natural Soap (Hand Made Industry) In Small and Medium Micro Businesses (MSMEs) Tambora Exotic Dompu Regency

Marketing is an activity where business actors offer their products to consumers either directly or indirectly to be able to receive these products with all their ideas and ideas so that these products can be of interest to customers. The study was conducted to determine the Marketing Strategy of Natural Soap (Hand Made Industry) in Small and Medium Enterprises (UMKM) Tambora, Dompu Exotic Regency. The research method is carried out with a qualitative approach, namely a case study approach using a semi-structured interview technique for MSME owners and participants in the object with a research duration of 4 months from July to November 2021. The results of the study state that marketing is an important element that must be considered in order to match expectations, namely getting expected customer loyalty. Various types of MSMEs with various kinds of products produced and offered are almost the same because MSME products are easy to make with materials that are not so expensive so that a marketing strategy is needed to be able to increase the competitiveness of the products produced by MSMEs. In an effort to develop a marketing strategy, it is very necessary to have complete information related to the market.

Authenticity in Literary Tourism Places

Author-related literary tourism places can create attractive elements for visitors who have an inner interest in the life stories of authors. Literary pilgrims place particular emphasis on authenticity level in literary sites. One of the attractive literary places in terms of authenticity, which is also Turkey's first literary museum, is Asiyan Museum where Tevfik Fikret lived between the years 1906-1915. In 2010, the museum underwent a comprehensive restoration. During this restoration, serious archive research was carried out and the house approached the original condition in the period of the 1910s. This study aims to examine the relationships between the authenticity of the place and the museum management mentality, research, and tourists' expectations by pointing out the prominence of authenticity in literary places. Using the interview technique, data were collected from the museum official in March 2018 on subjects such as the history of the museum, interpretation techniques, restoration works.

Pola Pembinaan Prestasi Olahraga Beladiri Wushu Koni Kabupaten Semarang Di Masa Pandemi Covid 19

The purpose of this study is to describe the pattern of fostering the sports achievement of wushu martial arts in the KONI Kabupaten Semarang during the Covid 19 pandemic. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods. Sources of data in this study consisted of athletes, coaches, and administrators of the KONI Kabupaten Semarang. The data collection technique is an interview technique. The data analysis technique used an interactive analysis model. The results showed that the pattern of fostering the sports achievement of the KONI Kabupaten Semarang uses a talent scouting system, which means the process of scouting the talents of athletes from the recruitment stage to the final stage of coaching. The spirit of training and the athletes' efforts to achieve optimal performance are supported by the quality of the coaches which are already good, because all coaches have coach certification, and the training programs provided are in the good category. The management organization in good criteria is seen from the attention of the administrators to the athletes, and the management of Wushu martial arts. The facilities and infrastructure owned are included in the criteria both in terms of the completeness and quality of the existing facilities and infrastructure. Funding for the implementation of Wushu martial arts performance coaching is included in the criteria both seen from the source of funding and how to allocate funds for the coaching process. The conclusion obtained is that the pattern of fostering wushu martial sports achievements at the KONI Kabupaten Semarang is running well, has been programmed, tiered, and sustainable.

Mothers' perspective on the functioning of a family with a child with special communication needs – preliminary research

This article presents the results of preliminary research on the mothers’ perspective on the functioning of a family with a child with special communication needs. The goal was to gain an insight into the experiences of mothers of children with special communication needs in different areas of life and to understand the factors that influence their experiences. The following areas of the mothers’ experiences in the functioning of a family were identified: the doing everyday activities, spending free time, relationships between family members and mothers' ideas about the future of a family with a child with special communication needs. The research employed individual case studies and the in-depth interview technique.

Identifying the Problems Experienced by Parents of Children with Special Needs during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study aims to determine the problems experienced by parents of children with special needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The phenomenological patterns technique, which is a qualitative research method, was used in the study. Ten parents with children with special needs who were affected by different types of disabilities were included in the study. The data in the research were collected using interview forms consisting of open-ended questions and a semi-structured interview technique. After the data obtained from the interviews were decoded, they were analyzed with the descriptive analysis technique. At the end of the study, the findings of the problems experienced by parents of children with special needs during the epidemic, the problems they experienced with their children, and the problems and expectations related to the education of their children were discussed in detail within the framework of the literature.

Psychologist Therapeutic Communication in Handling Clients with Deliberate Self-Harm

This study aims to find out psychologist therapeutic communication in dealing with deliberate self-harm clients in 3 research question. This study uses a phenomenological approach. In collecting data, researchers used an interview technique with five informants who were psychologists that practiced and domiciled in Bandung. The results of this study indicate the meaning of a DSH client for a psychologist into three meanings, those who have irrational thoughts, people that have fragile emotion, and those whose emotions are hidden or looking for attention. The experience of psychologist therapeutic communication in dealing with DSH clients is found in 4 major themes: techniques for building therapeutic relationships with clients, the key to understanding clients: active listening, being careful with non- verbal messages, feedback: reserved question. The psychologist's way of handling DSH clients is by handling it like a tailormade (adjusted to the personality and problems of the clients)

The Visibility of the Dısabılıty in Terms of the Social Model: Para Shooting Sport Sample

The body is one of the ways people express themselves. This is true not only for people without disabilities, but also for people with disabilities. Physical education and sports are one of the methods of disabled people to express themselves physically in society. The aim of this study is to contribute to increasing the visibility of disability in sports in terms of the social model. Yöntem: The sample of the study consists of 11 physically disabled national shooting athletes who have the right to participate in the 2021 Paralympic Games. In the study, a semi-structured interview technique was used in which theoretically, according to De Pauw, his/her thoughts on the visibility of disability in sports were used. In this study, in which qualitative research methods are used, descriptive analysis of the data is performed using both content analysis and in-depth interview. Bulgular: In the study, the demographic characteristics of the participants were determined. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 people (4 women and 7 men) who voluntarily participated in the study. Findings obtained from the data after the interviews; The sub-theme of the “obstacles to participation in sports” theme is lack of materials and facilities, the sub-theme of the “attractiveness of the Paralympic Games” is the inadequate promotion of the Paralympic Games, the sub-themes of the “reaction of the social environment” are being congratulated as a positive reaction, and the shooting sport is not known as a negative reaction determined.

The Formation of Teenager Virtual Self-Image on Instagram Social Media

This research intended to comprehend the virtual self-image formation process by adolescents and the factors that could support self-image formation on Instagram social media. The subjects from this research were late adolescents who used Instagram actively. The research method used was a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Then, the primary technique used in this research was a semi-structured interview technique.