Ethical: Way for Knowledge - Educational Tours
Educational tours and school trips have always been popular among students and kids. However, aren’t they just a distraction from the more serious school work? Actually, quite the opposite.
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Way for Knowledge: Educational Tours
What is an educational tour?Educational travel is an opportunity for teachers and community leaders to use the world as their classroom. As group leaders, educators lead their students abroad on tours that range in duration from a few days to several weeks...
Educational Tours: Travel as a Learning Experience
I can still hear my homeroom teacher saying it, "We're not teaching you facts, we're teaching you to learn." At the time, it meant little more to me than the idea that she would be grading on participation – an exercise of which I was not a fan. Memorization came easy for me. I sailed through tests. I could listen well and regurgitate information appropriately. But she was one of those innovative teachers who expected more...
Swimming with Flipper: Education with Wild Dolphins in Aotearoa New Zealand
Humans have a special bond with dolphins. We can all relate to these happy smiling creatures, even though they are not really smiling (it is just the shape of their beak that makes them look as if they were smiling).
OK, Kids, Your Vacation Made You Smarter
It’s now official: children who travel over summer break did better in reading, math and their general knowledge than those who did not, says a US Department of Education study.“The data is clear – and gives hard-working parents another reason not to put off a summer vacation trip,” said Bill Norman, Clemson University. “Providing kids with the experience of travel broadens their horizons and opens up their minds to learning.”
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