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Unit–8: Group-Controlled Strategies

8.2 Educational Excursion or Field-trips Notes

Teaching learning process aims to produce learning conditions which enable the student learning
experience. Teacher generates learning conditions in the classroom during verbal and nonverbal internal
process in which students obtain learning experience from senses mostly. The student has to undertake
more memory and imagination in it. Students quickly forget that knowledge to classroom teaching,
because classroom—teaching is not the real experience and the students do not receive direct information.
The Taj Mahal is to teach the student about his actual classroom experience—is not possible by teaching.
Taj Mahal in Agra by moving only be shown if the students can have real knowledge, because students
get the opportunity to realization! This teaching method is more efficient, which is called Field Trip.

Development of Educational Excursion—The teaching of history and geography before the 19th
century was considered boring. But School Excursion has been developed by Professor Rein, in which
the students rated the importance of learning through real experiences. Geography, natural scenery,
historic destinations and other topics to be taken up by the manifestation of the wisdom of contents
knowledge can be more interesting and understandable. Educational Excursion method is more
effective for it. Boring subject like History is made lively, interesting and real by historical excursion. It
is also used in the teaching of geography.

8.3 Meaning and Definition of Educational Excursion
Hen Johnson says that —
“The school excursion as developed by Professor Rein was prized for the reality which it imparted to
geography, nature study, history and other subjects. It was also prized for the open air exercise which
it brought, for the initiative and freedom it made possible, for the opportunity it created for social
training.”
Rein developed the school excursion method by which geography, natural studies, history and
other matters as may be actual teaching. This method is invoked by the student in an open and free
environment, thereby providing an opportunity for social training.
By the actual experiences of various subjects materials knowledge is more useful to provide educational
tours. Industry, geographical situation, trade, banks, courts, government buildings have actual
knowledge by local supervision.
In-service Training—Educational tourism is useful for additional training of education. Students who
are interested in the work of the same knowledge through educational tours may be made, so that the
actual experience. If the person is under preparation for the sugar industry for some time, then they
should be placed in the sugar industry. Agricultural training farms for agriculture can be placed on
actual experience.
Theoretical Basis of Field Trips—This technique is based on the following principles—
1. It is based on psychological principles. The manifestation of the opportunity comes in learning.
Students are learnt easily by senses of views.
2. Students learn by actual experience, the situation gets.
3. It is based on social principles. Students develop a sense of cooperation.
4. Students meet the real situation for observation, imagination and exploration capabilities.
5. Students receive actual experience for feelings of beauty for sites and scenes.
This type of real experience really cast expensive. The educational technology and audio-visual materials
are used for it. Actual experience is provided by sites and institutions with the help of models, charts,

maps and film strips. Educational technology proves to be helpful in the interpretation of past events.
Educational excursions are the satisfaction of the students’ curiosity.

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