Understanding the Benefits of School Travel: An Educator's Perspective

• Cárdenas, David A ^[1] ; Hudson, Simon ^[1] ; Meng, Fang ^[1] ; Zhang, Pei ^[1]
  1. [1] University of South Carolina

     University of South Carolina

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Tourism review international, ISSN 1544-2721, Vol. 20, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 29-39
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Using a theoretical framework that incorporates Aristotle's three intellectual competencies (epistme, techne, and phronesis), this article examines the perceptions of educational travel from the administrators' perspective. A total of 336 elementary, middle, and high school principals from around the US participated in the study and thematic responses were analyzed from open-ended questions. Results indicate that educational field trips can have positive impacts on all three of Aristotle's intellectual competencies (practical knowledge, skills, and attitude/experience), and that the effects of educational travel are far reaching with substantive benefits for students of all grades.