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Unit–8: Group-Controlled Strategies

(3) Follow up of Field Trip—After field trip as soon as possible to the students and the teaching points Notes

regarding the utility debate and conversation must be conducted. Every student must organize
excursion on the basis of guide sheet. Knowledge of the facts is more useful to organize educational
tours. Students should have the opportunity to read the article in the classroom. This stage of
excursion helps to achieve specifi c objectives. Teacher clarifi es all those points that student could
not understand and could not face. Guide sheet provides an opportunity for students to practice. A
debate is conducted in relation to classroom teaching.
(4) Testing Students—This step is more important and by which the rating for the attainment of specifi c
objectives of tourism are evaluated and the development of student’s abilities and skills are tested.
Weaknesses of students is diagnosed and corrected immediately. Students are given the opportunity
to work for checking their skills. Conditions and tests are conducted for the development of factual
knowledge and attitude and objective test is used for it. Questions are also given for the meaning

and definition of technical words.
(5) Review of Teaching—Tests are used to improve the students’ errors. The teacher uses a creative
technique. He treats students sympathetic. The teacher also gives the review of tour by which students
become aware of the problem. The most important thing is that students can work satisfying manner,
the instructor teaches them.
Examples of Educational Excursions—

Methodology of educational excursion is readily used in geography, history, natural study, botany,
commerce, economics, civics, education, agriculture and statistics. Some examples are as follows.
Geography—Educatioal excursion has great impotance in the teaching of geography. Excursions can
be organized for the following cases— (1) Mountain scenery, (2) Seaside, (3) Volcano, (4) Waterfall and
Delta, (5) Dam plan, (6) Lifestyle of tribal.
History—This technique can be used effectively in history—Historical buildings, Tajmahal, Red fort,
Qutubminar, Temple of Sarnath, The site of Buddha, Chittaurgarh fort, Kurukshetra, Amritsar jalianwala
bagh etc.
Commerce and Economics—Excursions can be organized for rural industry, mandi, mills, food-storage,
transportation, agriculture, and factories etc.
Education—Excursions can be organized for different kind of educational institutions universities,
libraries, agricultural universities, training centers, educational and training centers for blind, deaf and
mute.
Agriculture—Variety of agricultural areas and the agricultural universities and institutions excursions
can be organized.
Statistics—Excursions may be organized for an overview of analysis of deliveries, centers and computer
centers.
Importance of Educational Excursion
Educational excursions have following merits—
1. Classroom teaching is made interesting and understandable.

2. Students are made aware of the actual experience and the realization by the suffi xes.
3. Natural, geographic and love of creations prepared by human and faith grows. Historical building
such as a student the idea that the ancients saw how much time and effort have produced it?
4. Local diverse types of buildings, geographical scenery, factories and rural industries make him to
receive daily survival knowledge.
5. Educational skills develop cognitive and emotional skills. Capabilities are developed in students for
observation, imagination, investigation and decision.

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