Educational trips have always contributed to better student outcomes in school and beyond. Students of today are visual learners. Therefore, a field trip is a very exciting activity that allows them to experience in reality what they’re learning about in the classroom. They tend to gain a better understanding of topics, build cultural understanding and tolerance, and get exposed to cultures outside their own.
Field trips have a lot of benefits for students. Below are some of them;
- Students are energized by the excitement and anticipation of exiting the school environment
- The transportation to and from the planned destination is often a pleasant open-social time
- Students get the opportunity to see new things and learn about them in a more unstructured way
- Students have the chance to determine what they learn and how they learn it
- Students experience a more holistic, integrated picture of the lessons unlike in the classroom where it is mostly represented in an abstract way
- Field trips are multi-media experiences where learning is enriched
- Some of the visiting sites are designed to stimulate curiosity and actively engage students
Teachers, however, need to review their school’s policies on field trips in advance and prepare the forms with specific to learning objectives and how the field trip will accomplish those goals tied to their school’s core curriculum.
Based on: https://www.neamb.com/professional-resources/how-field-trips-boost-students-lifelong-success.htm
