Abstract
This Special Issue seeks to contribute to the growing body of literature that considers and examines the multiple ways that educational travel programs (ETPs), such as study abroad, service learning, and educational exchange programs, educate students about environmental and sustainability issues, as well as how the programs themselves interact with these same issues [...]
Highlights
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Special Issue seeks to contribute to the growing body of literature that considers and examines the multiple ways that educational travel programs (ETPs), such as study abroad, service learning, and educational exchange programs, educate students about environmental and sustainability issues, as well as how the programs themselves interact with these same issues
These programs have been critiqued for their likely impacts on destination cultures, environments, and societies. The contributions in this Special Issue focus on ETPs in higher education in Europe [1,2] and the United States [3,4,5,6,7]. They examine both immediate [1,3,4,5] and longterm [7] educational gains for the students participating in ETPs in general and those that focus on sustainability or the environment
Many of the contributions consider the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was at its height during the production of this issue
Summary
This Special Issue seeks to contribute to the growing body of literature that considers and examines the multiple ways that educational travel programs (ETPs), such as study abroad, service learning, and educational exchange programs, educate students about environmental and sustainability issues, as well as how the programs themselves interact with these same issues. These programs have been critiqued for their likely impacts on destination cultures, environments, and societies The contributions in this Special Issue focus on ETPs in higher education in Europe [1,2] and the United States [3,4,5,6,7]. They examine both immediate [1,3,4,5] and longterm [7] educational gains for the students participating in ETPs in general and those that focus on sustainability or the environment They consider the impacts that the host community might experience from these programs [2,6]. These articles strengthen our understanding of ETPs and provide current and future programs ways to design curricula that enhance learning about sustainability while improving their own sustainability and reducing impacts on host destinations
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