Experimental testing of the system of the learning process of adults with modern methods of sightseeing tours

The article briefly describes the experimental experience of practical implementation of the author’s model of the learning process of adults with modern methods of sightseeing tours designed to ensure the quality of the preparation of guides for events planned for the world Cup in 2018 in Volgograd. This system of studying guides has personal and practice-oriented character and reflects the specifics didactic characteristics of the educational process. As it lead- ing goals there are claimed to be the formation of methodical, communicational, organizational and compensatory competencies, integrally providing professional competence listeners at the end of the course of study. In the contents of the learning process there are included two modules: “History and culture of Volgograd and Volgograd region” and “Modern methods of sightseeing tours”. The basis of design of educational process includes such principles of learn- ing, as context, based on personal experience, interconnected training communicative and organizational sides of sightseeing tours, practical focus. Authors dedicated common-didactic methods of teaching characterizing the learn- ing process at the level of basic types of activities of the teacher and students: organization of practices; students’ self- estimation - students’ mutual estimation - estimation by the teacher; students’ self-correction - students’ mutual correction- correction by the teacher. Authors disclosed partial-didactic methods of teaching characterizing used the method of operation of the teacher: case-method and game method. Logic educational process is schematically presented in the form of the algorithm of classes and outdoor activities. There are given examples of complex used in the experiment exercises and jobs. Authors named technical and informative tools involved in the training. The article notes that the effectiveness of the results obtained in experimental learning is confirmed by external experts (estima- tion of the attestation commission, invitations of employers) and with reviews of graduates of the program.