Presentation on educational tour

1. Compiled By
Ambika Thapa
MMC IOM
Educational Tour
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2. Learning Objectives
o At the end of
the session the
participants will
be able to
o Describe
Educational
Tour
o Design
Educational
Tour
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3. Methods and Media
o Didactic Lecture
o Simulation
(Can be Done)
o Audiovisual Aid
may be used
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Pic- Water sample test on Galveston Island.

4. TOPICS and CONTENTS
o Introduction
o Types
o Educational Tour Stages
o Importance of Educational
Tour
o Methods of Evaluation
o Limitations of Educational
Tour
o Measures to Make Effective
Educational Tour
o References 4Total Slide: 26, Time: 15

5. Educational Tour
o Planned visit to a place outside
the classroom to provide practical
knowledge in real situation
o The roots of this learning method
lie in the experiential learning
put forward from the time of John
Dewey and Kurt Lewin to the time
of Kolb.
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6. Educational Tour contd…
o The idea behind this situated
learning experience is to
contextualize knowledge in
order to develop a deeper
understanding
o Also Known As
o Educational Excursion, Filed Trip,
Study Trip
o Group Method
o Can be a part of the curriculum in
academics, training program
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7. Educational Tour contd…
o Educational trip may be made to a
place in walking distance of few hours
to days or across the borders
o Within school the trip could be done to
o Waste Disposal System
o Latrines
o Water Supply System
o Kitchen Complex, Cafeteria, Canteen, Food Store
o Participants are primarily observers
and not doers
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Pradhan , 2014

9. Types of Field Trips
o Formal field trips consist of planned, well structured
experiences where students follow a documented format.
Government agencies, museums, and business offer
excellent formal experiential learning activities and programs,
which are usually run by the venue's staff. Students are
bound to a choreographed agenda.
o Informal field trips are less structured and offer students
some control and choice concerning their activities or
environment. The students interact in an informal education
setting. They can be non-school related as well like family
outings.
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10. Stages of Educational Tour
Pre Trip Trip Post Trip
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Administration &
Instruction
Role of Participant &
Role of Organizer
Debriefing
Culminating
activity

11. Pre-trip Stage
Administration:
o The field trip organizer takes steps to arrange the
logistics of the field trip.
Steps include
osecuring permission from appropriate administration,
oorganizing transportation to and from the field trip
location,
ocontacting the field trip location to verify the schedule
and activities, and
oobtaining signed permission slips from
parents/guardians of youth attending the field trip.
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12. Instruction
o Preparing participants for the experience
o helps minimize anxiety related to unfamiliar
locations
o Vicarious exposure
o showing participants photographs, drawings, or a
videotape of the site to be visited; visit a website
prior to the experience
o Content topics and concepts that participants will
be investigating during the field trip.
o Verbal clues regarding what to look for during their
Pre-trip stage contd….
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13. Pre-trip stage contd….
Instruction contd….
o Demonstrate the use of any equipment and explain
in detail any activities that will be occurring during
the field trip.
o Learning activities involving groups of 2-3 individuals
are most effective. These groups should be
assigned during the pre-trip stage. Specific roles of
each group member during activities (such as
observer, recorder, graphic artist) should also be
explained in advance
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14. Trip Stage
The role of the participant
o Establishing a field trip agenda and sharing this
agenda and field trip objectives with the
participants.
o Individual exploration of the field being a participant
in the group
o Ask any questions they may have developed during
their exploration time
o A small group learning activity ( group usually
predefined in pre-trip stage)
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15. Trip Stage contd…
The role of the organizer
o Monitoring and management of the experience
o Actively engaged in teaching activities
o Interact with participants to help answer questions
they might have
o Initiate discussion with small groups of participants
by asking them questions.
o Function more as facilitators or guides rather than
directors.
o Increase students’ interest and learning.
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16. Post-Trip Stage
Debriefing
o Participants should be encouraged to share and
discuss their experiences during the field trip.
o Sharing and discussing data or results of assigned
small group activities
o Sharing feelings about specific aspects of the trip or
overall impressions.
o Participants should also be given an opportunity to
identify and discuss problems encountered during
the field trip.
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17. Post-Trip Stage contd…
Culminating
o Give participants an opportunity to apply the
content knowledge they gained during the field trip.
o Culminating activities should help learners tie
together content they covered in regular
educational program sessions and content learned
during the field trip.
eg: Tour Report, Designing Tour Guidelines
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18. Methods of Evaluation
o Report of the educational tour
o Feedback from the participants
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19. Importance of Educational Tour
o Enforces classroom teaching resulting in better
learning
o Creates interest and creativity for learning
o Conceptual development enriched
o Provides participants with first hand experience
related to the topic or concept being discussed in
the program
o Enables the students to relate what they have
learnt in the classroom with the reality of outside
world
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20. Importance of Educational Tour
o Provides opportunity for critical and
thoughtful learning
o Helps to develop appropriate attitude
and also necessary skills in certain
aspects; manipulate and practice.
o Provides active exploratory
experience of taking notes,
sketching, taking pictures, collecting
specimen
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21. Limitations of Educational Tour
o Difficult to organize- money,
time and facilities
o Problem establishing
coordination with concerned
authorities and agencies
o Affected by the socio-political
issues
o Not feasible for every kind of
learning
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22. Measures to Make Effective Educational Tour
o A field trip should be designed so participants can
easily make connections between the focus of the
field trip and the concepts they are learning in the
rest of the educational program
o Make the trip appropriate for the age and grade
level and needs of the students.
o Connect the field trip to the current content,
standards and units of study.
o Include all modalities of learning including the
visual, auditory and kinesthetic learner
o Careful Planning: manageable groups , check on
legal requirements.
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23. Measures to Make Effective Educational Tour contd…
o Use of checklist when making final plans for field
trips
o Make a list of materials (name tags, first-aid kit, cell phone, and
emergency contact numbers), equipment, and any special clothing.
o Thoroughly prepare the participants prior to visiting
the site: visiting the site's website, provide logistics
about the site, and review safety rules.
o Do all the paperwork on time, permission slips,
transportation, and health forms
o Plan a follow-up activity that will reinforce
everything the children have gained from the field
trip experience. 23

24. Conclusion
Educational tours help enhance the learning in
practical way and adds on to the outcomes of the
learning with regard to acceptance and retention
along with application in the real life.
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26. References
o Pradhan HB. Textbook of Health Education and Health
Promotion. Kathmandu.Educational Publishsing House;
2014
o Myers B and Jones L. Effective Use of Field Trips in
Educational Programming: A Three Stage Approach.
University of Florida.
o Beherendt M and Franklin T. A Review of Research on
School Field Trips and Their Value in Education.
International Journal of Environmental & Science Education
(2014), 9, 235-245
o Nabors ML, Edwards LC, and Murray RK. Making the case
for field trips: What research tells us and what site
coordinators have to say. Education Vol. 129 No. 4
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