School Excursions Research Articles

Second World War monuments in Yugoslavia as witnesses of the past and the future

ABSTRACTMemorializing the victims of the Second World War was an important part of the cultural and political propaganda in the socialist Yugoslavia. The heroes and the victims of war were remembered through numerous memorials, finding their place in the collective memory of the Yugoslav people. During the socialist period, many school excursions were arranged, but for more than 20 years these memorial sites were dropped from tourist and educational programmes. Today, after the passage of time, it is possible to discuss a complicated collective past. In this paper, the phenomenon of the Second World War memorials, their significance in the socialist Yugoslavia, their decline during the 1990s and increasing popularity at the beginning of the twenty-first century are considered. By analysing the way contemporary society experiences socialist memorials, it can be further considered how they can be represented as an important part of cultural heritage. The main purpose of this research is to point out the significance of memorial parks in Yugoslav socialist society, as well as to define their status today and finally to suggest ideas for their interpretation and presentation today.

Illness and Injury to Students on a School Excursion to Peru

School-organized travels abroad provide an opportunity for students to undertake supervised travel that reinforces scholastic study of various geographical locations under the direction and protection of experienced tour leaders and health professional support. Little is known concerning the nature of illnesses and injuries occurring on overseas school excursions. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of injury and illness suffered by older teenagers on a school excursion to South America. In 2010, the school's tour physician (EH) diagnosed and recorded all illnesses and injuries among 29 school girls and 6 accompanying adults on a school excursion to Peru. Information recorded included age, sex, the nature of the presenting illness, number of days into the tour, the assessment of the condition, and the treatment employed during the excursion's field phase of 21 days. A total of 32 (91%) travelers sought medical advice at least once for a total of 371 consultations, resulting in 153 separate diagnoses. The mean age of the students was 16 years with six adults accompanying the students being significantly older. Primary illnesses diagnosed were related to the following systems and conditions: gastrointestinal (58, 37%), respiratory (25, 16%), altitude sickness (19, 12%), genitourinary (8, 5%), dermatological (10, 7%), trauma (7, 5%), neurological (7, 5%), anxiety or psychological adjustment (7, 5%), adverse drug reactions (4, 3%), and musculoskeletal (5, 3%). The most commonly used medications were antidiarrheal and antiemetic medication. There were six accidents during the journey resulting in minor soft-tissue injuries. There were no deaths or other major accidents requiring emergency evacuation or hospitalization. On this school excursion, the health problems encountered were consistent with those reported for other specialized tours, including expeditions and premium tours, although altitude illness needs to be carefully planned for in tours to higher elevation destinations as in South America. As well as being part of the service provided to the school students, the inclusion of a physician with appropriate medical supplies for this tour increased the independence of the travel group. A proposed medical kit for such an excursion is presented.

Understanding Constraints and Their Impact On School Excursion Tourism

School excursion tourism is a relatively underresearched and poorly understood segment of the tourism industry despite its strong economic potential. this article draws on the leisure constraints theory to examine barriers to overnight school excursions in Australia. A self-completed online survey by 1,314 school excursion decision makers measured the importance of these constraints to overnight school excursions, together with information on the schools' characteristics. the results reveal a four-factor structure instead of a three-factor structure, with structural constraints divided into destination and school-based structural factors. Intrapersonal and interpersonal constraints were also found to be important in undertaking overnight school excursions. Our analysis also revealed that constraints differ based on school characteristics, reconfirming that the school market is not a homogenous one. the article concludes with recommendations for destination and attraction managers interested in increasing school excursion visitations.

Please, Miss, I forgot my packed lunch...!

Kicking off a new series on school excursions, Anthony David provides some top tips on planning a successful, stress-free day trip that is a learning experience for all

El museo "La casa encantada" de Briones en la enseñanza de la historia : propuesta para una salida escolar para Educación Primaria

It has been demonstrated, in order that the school excursions develop all his didactic potential (this is, in order that they serve to stimulate the guided discovery learning), have to be framed in didactic itineraries and with it, to be considered as an integral part of the didactic programming of the course. curricular integration of the school excursions is one of the principal problems which the teacher meets at the moment of putting in practical this important didactic resource. With this work we claim, beside showing many possibilities that there has the museum of The Enchanted House of Briones (section ethnology of the Museum of La Rioja) for the learning of the history in Primary Education, to indicate how they can integrate in the curriculum the visits to the museum in each of three cycles that shape this educational level. PALABRAS CLAVE: Salidas escolares, didactica de la Historia, Educacion Primaria.

The market, the media and the family in a school excursion rape case

This paper examines a local and specific instance of the effects of neoliberal markets on individual and institutional subjects of schooling. It reviews a court case between a prestigious private girls’ school and an ex‐student who sued the school for failing to provide adequate supervision on a school trip to Europe during which she was raped. It considers the incident in relation to the legal and discursive complexities of school excursions and turns towards neoliberal imperatives that drive school competition for an explanation of how the crisis was managed. Through analysis of print media reports during the week of the trial it traces how discourses of femininity, sexuality and sexual violence came into collision with ideals of reputation, control and proper behaviour, upon which elite schools depend for their marketing. Finally, the paper explores how figurations of the ‘family’ were mobilized by the school and those involved in the events.

Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis That Occurred during School Excursions in Korea Were Associated with Several Waterborne Strains of Norovirus

In May 2004, 97 of 309 (31%) and 97 of 207 (47%) school students from geographically distant areas were affected by acute gastroenteritis during excursions to neighboring hotels. The two hotels were 300 m apart, on Jeju Island, South Korea. Several strains of norovirus, including both genogroup I and genogroup II viruses, were identified in stool samples from the students and food handlers and in groundwater from the hotels. Of these several strains of norovirus, the nucleotide sequences for one strain were identical for samples from the students, food handlers, and groundwater.

UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL EXCURSION PLANNING AND CONSTRAINTS: AN AUSTRALIAN CASE STUDY

According to Ritchie, Carr, and Cooper, school excursion tourism is a relatively underresearched and poorly understood segment of the tourism industry, particularly with regard to its size and specific nature. Yet both domestic and international school excursions provide an important market for attractions, tour operators, and accommodation providers. Although school excursions are not a major economic force for attractions they can provide positive word of mouth and encourage future visitation for both students and parents, and can also support off-season visitation. Cooper notes the need to understand the school excursion market, including their motivations, needs, constraints, and travel behavior. This article begins by outlining the potential of school excursions before focusing on domestic school excursions through discussing a study conducted on the school excursion market in Australia. A total of 807 schools nationwide were surveyed in 1998–99 to examine their school excursion behavior, including their motivations, constraints, and perceptions of Canberra (the National Capital of Australia). Forty-six percent of schools had a dedicated school excursion planner, and while the major motives for school excursions were educational, they were closely followed by cost-effective destinations, a variety of destination attractions, and the ability of attractions to cater specifically to school groups. A total of 74% of schools note that funding is an influencing factor for school excursion planning and note specific strategies that could attract future school visitation to destinations. The results indicate that understanding the school excursion market is important in formulating strategies to attract this market and to provide quality experiences for students and teachers. The findings may be of interest to other destinations seeking to attract school excursions, including national capital cities and destinations with educational attractions. Copyright © 2004 Cognizant Comm. Corp.

Reflections about the geologic trails in Slovenia

In Slovenia exist several longer or shorter geologic trails. The author prefers shorter, but better prepared geologic trails. Such trails are more interesting to individuals, and they are useful also for school excursions and natural Science days.

The Influence to Reducing Students Burnout from the School Excursions in the One Private Senior High School

The Influence to Reducing Students Burnout from the School Excursions in the One Private Senior High School

Learning science through practical experiences in museums

School excursions to museums can form an integral and innovative component of school practical learning in science. Museums, however, are informal learning environments where teachers have limited control over the specific ideas or experiences with which the students are engaged. For school groups to make successful use of museums as learning resources, appropriate teaching and learning approaches and strategies, involving a shift from task orientation to student‐centred learning orientation, are needed. By allowing student learning to happen in a natural way, that is, by allowing personal interest and curiosity to drive the students’ learning, not only will students be gaining more from their excursion, they will be practising scientific investigative processes. Incorporation of the excursion into school‐based investigations renders the purposes for the visit clearly apparent, and gives students a goal to achieve back at school using the information gathered at the museum. This article investigates how museum visits can be used to meet three major purposes for practical work, and introduces a framework to facilitate students’ learning in museums.

Moving from task-oriented to learning-oriented strategies on school excursions to museums

Museums are best considered as venues for informal learning and yet the authors' observations were that most school classes that visit museums are restricted and structured, the students not being provided with optimal opportunities to learn in an informal manner. Although research has addressed some features of successful school group visits to museums, such as preparation and orientation, emphasis on first-hand experience, and use of worksheets, there has been little research on the role of the class teacher in facilitating learning during excursions. This study investigated strategies used by class teachers before, during, and following excursions to two venues in Sydney, Australia, offering opportunities for learning science in an informal setting. The sample chosen for the study comprised 12 school groups involving 29 teachers and 735 students in 30 classes ranging from grade 5 to grade 10. Data were collected through observation and interviews before, during, and 2–3 weeks after the visit. The results indicate that class teachers used mainly task-oriented teaching practices and made little effort to link topics being studied at school and the museum. Little congruence was apparent between the practices observed and what the literature suggested for effective planning and management of school excursions. The authors propose a framework to guide teachers in planning learning-oriented excursions based on a synthesis of knowledge of natural learning behaviors exhibited by family groups in museums and lessons from constructivist theories of learning, together with strategies reported in the literature and confirmed by this study as contributing to learning on school excursions to museums. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Sci Ed81:763–779, 1997.

IN A CLASS APART? 'Educational Negligence' Claims Against Teachers.

In Australia, the concept of negligence in schools is not new; but school litigation involving educators has centred on issues related to the care, safety and supervision of students. Thus the law as to liability for physical accidents in schools and on school excursions is well established.Paradoxically then, teachers and schools have an acknowledged duty for the physical safety and well-being of the children in their charge, but not for their intellectual advancement. Nonetheless, Mr. Justice Michael Kirby has recently said that there is no reason in principle why negligence actions against teachers should be confined to physical injuries. It may be observed, however, that the standard of care so far applied to teachers has been that of reasonable persons concerned for the physical safety of children in their charge and not a professional liability akin to that of doctors, lawyers or architects, for example. Even so, teachers have began to talk about the possible need for 'malpractice' insurance.Given the importance of the social role of education, the threat to the functions and processes of education posed by the American claims, the significance of the impact on daily activities in the classroom should such claims be successful and the similarity of the issues posed in both the American and the Australian context, it seems timely to subject the American 'educational negligence' claims to closer scrutiny.The purpose of this article is to review the relevant American cases, to introduce the legal and policy issues posed by 'educational negligence' claims, to suggest a narrow and limited basis upon which an 'educational negligence' claim might be recognized, and to consider some additional hurdles which might have to be overcome were such claims to be brought to Australia.

Planning Makes the Difference

he community has been utilized for many years by educators to supplement their instructional program. The field trip has probably been the most common way in which the community has been involved. It provides students an opportunity to learn through first-hand experience. School excursions were used extensively in European countries during the latter half of the nineteenth century. At the turn of the century Charles and Frank McMurray had begun advocating the use of excursions in the teaching of science and geography. Since then the excursion, now more commonly referred to as the field trip, has become an accepted part of the educational program of schools throughout the United States. Often teachers treat the field trip as a different type of experience, while in actuality it is no different than a normal classroom experience. The responsibilities differ in kind, not in degree, from those encountered in the classroom. It

School Excursions

One of the benefits provided for in the Aboriginal Secondary Grants Scheme is funding for students to take part in school excursions. For students in remote areas, this provision is very necessary and important. Teachers very willingly plan and supervise excursions each year and the effort that they put in is commendable. However, not all excursions are eventually seen by teachers, students or parents as successful. It would appear therefore that some evaluation of excursions is warranted.The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee to the Director General of Education has presented its first report, as a result of its meetings and investigations during 1977.

The Contribution of the Excursion to Understanding

School excursions before World War II were extensively used in European countries. Their chief development had been in Germany during the nineteenth century. From Germany the idea spread, in the last half of the century, to the British Isles, to other European countries, and to the Orient. Charles and Frank McMurry, influenced by the teachings of Her bart, were advocating the use of excursions in the teaching of geography and science in the United States at the turn of the century. In the United States up to the present time, however, the excursion, employed as a device to supplement classroom teaching, has not been widely used.

A Practical Aid to School Excursions

A Practical Aid to School Excursions

School Excursions

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School Excursions as a Means of Teaching Patriotism in Our Public Schools

School Excursions as a Means of Teaching Patriotism in Our Public Schools