Educational tours and school trips have always been popular among students and kids. However, aren’t they just a distraction from the more serious school work? Actually, quite the opposite.
What is an educational tour?
Educational travel is an opportunity for teachers and community leaders to use the world as their classroom. As group leaders, educators lead their students abroad on tours that range in duration from a few days to several weeks. During that time, students can experience many of the things they have read about in textbooks or learned to say in language classes, placing classroom lessons into a real world context.
Who travels on an educational tour?
Typically, ed...
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