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It is a consensus that classroom learning is excellent but not enough to supersede the quality of knowledge that can be acquired through traveling.
When students visit a place that is different from where they have always been familiar with, they are not just likely to have the time of their life. But, they are also at liberty to learn new languages, be acquainted with new cultures, and get in touch with how things are done differently according to beliefs and values of people.
Whatever has been taught theoretically within the classroom walls can be made up for practically when student travel is encouraged. In-depth insights on art, science, commerce, and history among other things are dug out while on the journey to see the world. The educational benefits of student travel are numerous and not limited to the following;
Cultural learning.
Until other places are visited and other people are contacted, there may be a controlled believe that everyone has to behave the same way as you. Visiting other people and getting acquainted with other people’s cultures help much to see that just someplace near your state can have a different belief and cultural practice.
It is not only limited to acceptance. Traveling and having to live with people of different culture leaves you no choice but to learn their culture, especially if you will be staying long with them. Culture diversity should not have to mean social difference- some of the students may not learn this fact unless they travel.
Language learning.
This is another great benefit of traveling around the country. If any student has to go round the country, the student must be ready to not only learn different languages of each country but also be mentally and emotionally prepared to put the learned words into practice.
Traveling around gives students the chance to learn as many languages as possible, provided the words will be needed in the countries.
Imagine a student who has only been communicating in English all his life has a privilege to visit China. He does not need to love Chinese before he picks one or two Chinese words.
Culinary learning.
Just as there are diverse cultures and languages scattered around the world, there are also different food types and method of cooking. Food is universally fundamental to human growth so you may have to adapt to the kind of food that they eat where you visit. Not only will you need to change, but you may also need to learn how to make the dishes.
Better learning experience.
The fact remains that a lot more about what has been taught in the class is learned from traveling with the one that taught you and the people you have been learning with. There is a chance that some of the things you have talked about in class will be encountered as you travel with this set of people. It will be a lot easier to teach from the things that can be seen. It also serves as an excellent opportunity to share the same space with your superior and inferior. You all get to interact and learn more about each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
This makes you gain an amount of confidence that may be useful for a future relationship with your teacher and colleagues.
Improve social skills.
When students travel together, they are forced to be in the same place and within the same walls sometimes. If this happens for an extended period, even the shy ones come out of their shell out of no choice.
Before long, all the people that have been privileged to go on the travel become friends. The shy ones now see family and close friends in the stead of just colleagues. I think this is a huge breakthrough. It could even mean that an end has come to their timidity.
At the end of the journey, all of the people that traveled together, including the teacher would have learned to tolerate and relate with one another.
