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04 Oct 2023 14:19

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Educational trips for students

In school and even at the college level, teachers will organize an educational trip in addition to something like a fun excursion with a trek or an overnight camp stay. I had once seen pre-primary school children taken to a supermarket store where the teacher showed them different fruits and vegetables and they were shown the cash counter where money has to be carefully counted. There are also visits to a post office where primary children learn about postal stationery and how mail is collected from the post box, sorted, stamped, and despatched.

Then there are those museum visits. As a student or even now, beyond an academic-associated excursion, did you find them truly educational in nature, or merely "time-pass"?! Have any of you experienced something like going on an archaeological dig site if you took up history as an undergraduate course in college or university?

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#775179

04 Oct 2023 19:38

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When I was in the intermediate study, our chemistry lecturer took us to a paper mill in Rajahmundry, EGDt. Andhra Pradesh. He along with a senior officer in the mill took us around the factory and explained to us the various steps involved in paper making and various chemicals that are being added and the chemical reactions involved. The whole process of paper making was explained to us and it was a good tour and we acquired a very good knowledge about the process. Such trips are really useful to the students.
An education trip is useful for a student, provided the tour is planned in such a way that some important places will add some knowledge to the students. If a group of students going on an education tour, a teacher should accompany them. The teacher should explain useful points to the students that will add knowledge to the students.

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#775184

04 Oct 2023 20:41

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I think that such tours and excursions are very useful to the students. They are not only a welcome change from routine but inculcate many new ideas in their minds when they see something happening in an industry or manufacturing hub or a research institute.
I did not get any such opportunity till my B. Sc. but when I was doing my M.Sc. then we were taken on an educational tour to Mumbai and it was for 12 days and we had gone to BARC and TIFR and had seen many scientific equipments and experiments going on there. It was really a great experience and we saw many things that we had only read in the text book. The big building in TIFR housing the classical Van de Grraaf generator is still live in my memory.

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#775204

06 Oct 2023 12:07

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Educational trips can vary in their impact. Some can be truly educational and enriching, while others might feel like "time-pass." The effectiveness often depends on how well the trip is organized, the relevance of the content to the students' curriculum, and the engagement of the students and teachers during the trip. Experiential learning through such trips can be valuable when it aligns with educational objectives.

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