Tourist Generations in Primary Schools

Turistički pomladak pri bledskoj osnovnoj školi ima dugogodišnju tradiciju. Glavni motiv za njegovu uspostavu bio je u potrebi da se među mladima potakne veće zanimanje za ugostiteljsko-turistička zvanja. Danas u školi djeluje šest skupina Turističkog pomlatka, učenika različite dobi koje se razlikuju po programu i načinu rada. Sve skupine rade prema nastavnim programima u kojima se prepleću teoretske i praktične teme, koje se na različite načine povezuju s turizmom, a obrađene su različitim metodama i oblicima rada, privlačnima i bliskima djeci. Često se primjenjuje rad u radionicama i na terenu, gdje učenici na podlozi vlastitih zapažanja i istraživanja dobivaju određena znanja i iskustva. Osnovni cilj svih skupina jest odgojiti mlade za pozitivan odnos prema turizmu. Svi učenici su istodobno i članovi Turističkog društva Bled. Skupine vode mentori, koji pohađaju različite seminare. Povezuju se također s ugostiteljsko-turističkim organizacijama u domaćem kraju i drugdje. Financijska sredstva za rad djelomično pribavlja škola, dio se stječe pokroviteljstvom, te dodatnim djelatnostima preko drugih organizacija.The tradition of educating Tourist Generations at the Bled Primary School is long-lived. The chief motivational factor for its establishment was the need to stimulate the interest of the young(er) generations in the hotel, catering and tourism industry. There are six Tourist Generation groups at the School today and the curriculum programmes and methods that the pupils of different age partake in differ. All six groups follow a syllabus interlacing diverse theoretical and practical topics and subjects, which relate to tourism in different ways, and which are tackled by diverse methods and modes of work attractive and interesting to children. Workshops and fieldwork are frequent – their aim is to enable the pupils to acquire both knowledge and experience on the basis of their own observations and research. The fundamental aim of all the groups is to educate the youth for a positive attitude to tourism. Furthermore, all the students are members of the Bled Tourist Board. The groups are supervised by mentors, who attend various seminars. They also network with catering and tourism organisations locally and elsewhere. The finances needed to run the curriculum are secured by the School, sponsorships and supplemental activities through other organisations