@conference{
author = "Lukić, Dobrila and Anđelković, Slađana and Putica, Katarina",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The paper identifies tourism potentials of the Djerdap national park that may be used to encourage the acquisition of youth competences for sustainability. The paper is grounded in new educational paradigm founded in constructivist teaching methods and discovery learning. It gives a holistic overview and analysis of the Djerdap National Park tourism resources and their potentials regarding education. The main objective is to raise awareness of the importance of learning through experience and direct contact with subject mater using experimental, exploratory and project-based approaches to learning. Implications indicate a need for incerasing the share of out-of-school learning and use of tourism resouces and various types of sustainable education tourism. The aim is to foster fliexible, democratic-oriented individuals and allow them to gaim competences to be involved in their communities as active participants and creators of their own and the development of a sustainable society. In addition, efforts to promote the importance of educational tourism for sustainability education should be supported at the national level by organizing promotional camps, drives and projects as well as through good practice exchange.",
publisher = "University of Craiova, Geography Department",
journal = "The fifth international conference Geographical Research and Cross-Border Cooperation, Craiova, 6-9 September, 2018 (Romania)",
title = "Potentials of Djerdap national park for educational tourism for youth",
pages = "19-19",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cherry_5156"
}
