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Using Travel as a Tool to Discuss Social Justice
A good place to start is to understand what you’re trying to accomplish, and work to find which programs and community partners will allow for the most meaningful cross-cultural learning. Global programming lends a boost to any thematic curriculum if you can draw creative parallels and have a good understanding of your intended learning moments.
Using Travel as a Tool to Explore Leadership
Schools with integrated education models point to Leadership as one of the skill sets necessary to develop well-rounded students. Separating leadership development from the dynamics of school culture and community power structures can allow for students to see practical and organic applications of leadership in the real world, sometimes more clearly than in their own home contexts.
Using Travel as a Tool to Discuss Privilege
Privilege is a difficult concept to discuss with students, especially while they’re in their home environments. The many layers and dimensions make it an uncomfortably ambiguous conversation, and even harder for students to deduce what they can do with this complex new understanding of self.
Interweaving a Costa Rica School Trip with Zoology and Evolution Class
Find out how one educator worked with Rustic Pathways Group Travel to customize the perfect trip for his biology curriculum and his students' needs.
What to Ask Your Students Before Taking Them on a Class Trip Abroad
Prepare your students for their upcoming trip with these open-ended questions to get your students to think broadly and exercise their travel brains.
A to Z: Everything You Need to Know About Traveling to Mongolia
This is part of an ongoing series featuring each country where Rustic Pathways operates. To see more posts from the A to Z: Everything…
How to Teach Your Students to Talk About Development and Service
Development is complicated. Sometimes it’s incredibly difficult to describe what you’ve learned (or what you’re preparing to learn) during a culturally-immersive travel experience to friends and family back home. It’s easy to exaggerate the differences…