There is a lot more to education than just reading from books and even though the school curriculums here in Australia offer students many different learning experiences, they never properly prepare them for the real world that is out there. There is only so much that a teacher can tell students about a certain subject and there will come a time when he or she needs to take the students outside the classroom environment for them to be able to understand what it is that is being taught.
This is why many schools are signing students up for education tours because they know and understand that not all learning can take place in the classroom. If students are kept within the confines of the school walls and within the confines of their own town or city, then they never really get to see how other people live and how new relationships are formed. It is well known that education tours help students to establish new relationships and the following helps to explain that better.
- It strengthens current relationships – Many Australian students spend up to 5 years with the same individuals in one classroom and yet they never really get to know their colleagues that well. The wonderful thing about travelling together is that it helps to strengthen the bond and it can hopefully allow their friendships to deepen, hopefully, many of the students will still be in contact many years from now when they have left school.
- They can make new friends – There is no doubt that travel provides you with lots of education when it comes to other people and how they live. Travelling to other countries helps to remove any stereotypes that they have learned of until this point and once these cultural issues have been removed then real friendships can begin. When travelling, you get to connect with the local people who live in a particular country on an individual and personal level.
Travelling also provides us with the perfect opportunity to network and develop relationships that will help us later on in life. The modern Australian workplace wants people who are comfortable working in an international environment and so by travelling and experiencing many different perspectives, the students will be better prepared for the international marketplace. If you are a parent and you are reluctant to let your kid go on one of these trips, then hopefully this article has helped to remove any objections that you previously had.
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