El desarrollo educativo de turismo

• Definition

o What is Education Tourism? education tourism or edu-tourism refers to any "program in which participants travel to a location as a group with the primary purpose of engaging in a learning experience directly related to the location" (Rodger, 1998, p.28).

• Definition

o “ Today’s travellers are not fulfilled by getting on a tour bus. They want an interaction that comes from a host community,they want to go and learn something — to feel and touch.” Peter Semone, Vice President–Development for the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). “

• Benefits of Educational Travel ( Randell, 1992):

o immediate and personal experience of an event, place, or issue that cannot be duplicated

o offers opportunities for individuals within the group to explore specific and even individual issues and interests with other participants and the leader in a way that is usually impossible in the more usual educational environments.

• Benefits of Educational Travel ( Randell, 1992):

o provides the opportunity to combine leisure with a learning experience that is directed and meaningful

o exposure to a different set of cultural values can lead to dramatic changes in a participant's perceptions and attitudes

Content and Component

• Educational tours or field trips are learning experiences outside the classroom. These trips supplement classroom learning by providing students with an opportunity to see the actual places, artifacts, flora and fauna, or phenomena that are described in textbooks and lectures. They also enrich the students’ experiences by exposing them to situations that are new to them. Educational tours may also be undertaken by family groups, whether homeschooling or not. At the vocational and college level, highly specialized field trips may be taken in order for students to gain firsthand knowledge on their major.

Educational tourism developed, because of the growing popularity of teaching and learning of knowledge and the enhancing of technical competency outside of the classroom environment.[citation needed] In educational tourism, the main focus of the tour or leisure activity includes visiting another country to learn about the culture, such as in Student Exchange Programs and Study Tours, or to work and apply skills learned inside the classroom in a different environment, such as in the International Practicum Training Program.

A student exchange program is a program where students from a secondary school or university study abroad at one of their institution's partner institutions. Student exchange programs may involve international travel, but does not necessarily require the student to study outside of their home country. For example, the National Student Exchange program (NSE) offers placements throughout the United States and Canada.

According to the U.S. government,

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