Research Article

Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test

Volume: 4 Number: 1 June 30, 2018
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Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test

Abstract

This research is aimed to reveal cognitive structures about leisure time and recreation related concepts of students who are studying in tourism programs at Istanbul Arel University and to determine misconseptions.  A deliberate sampling method was used in the research using qualitative research method. According to this sampling method, 63 (42 female, 21 male)  students who study at İstanbul Arel University, Vocational School Culinary and Tourist Guidance Programs have been applied Word Association Test (WAT). According to WAT, students are given key concepts of leisure time and recreation, and they are asked to write the words that these key concepts brings to their minds within a certain period of time. The answers given by the students to the concepts of leisure time and recreation were created frequency tables and concept maps using the NVivo program. As a result, 523 responses were collected from the students as total, leisure time and recreation responses. Leisure cognitive perceptions of students are more dominant than recreation. The concept of leisure time is mostly associated with "resting" and "reading" words. "Traveling", "reading", "listening to music" and "walking" are associated with the concept of recreation. Finally, It is seen that recreation usually has a cognitive perception based on activities when leisure time has a comprehensive cognitive perception in terms of tourism students. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Tourism (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2018

Submission Date

March 21, 2018

Acceptance Date

May 27, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Altınay Özdemir, M. (2018). Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS), 4(1), 219-236. https://izlik.org/JA72YS26MA
AMA
1.Altınay Özdemir M. Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test. IntJCSS. 2018;4(1):219-236. https://izlik.org/JA72YS26MA
Chicago
Altınay Özdemir, Meltem. 2018. “Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test”. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS) 4 (1): 219-36. https://izlik.org/JA72YS26MA.
EndNote
Altınay Özdemir M (June 1, 2018) Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS) 4 1 219–236.
IEEE
[1]M. Altınay Özdemir, “Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test”, IntJCSS, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 219–236, June 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA72YS26MA
ISNAD
Altınay Özdemir, Meltem. “Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test”. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS) 4/1 (June 1, 2018): 219-236. https://izlik.org/JA72YS26MA.
JAMA
1.Altınay Özdemir M. Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test. IntJCSS. 2018;4:219–236.
MLA
Altınay Özdemir, Meltem. “Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test”. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS), vol. 4, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 219-36, https://izlik.org/JA72YS26MA.
Vancouver
1.Meltem Altınay Özdemir. Examining Tourism Students’ Cognitive Structures towards Leisure Time and Recreation Concepts through Word Association Test. IntJCSS [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 1;4(1):219-36. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA72YS26MA

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