...The school field trip has a long history in American public education. For decades, students have piled into yellow buses to visit a variety of cultural institutions, including art, natural history, and science museums, as well as theaters, zoos, and historical sites. Schools gladly endured the expense and disruption of providing field trips because they saw these experiences as central to their educational mission: schools exist not only to provide economically useful skills in numeracy and literacy, but also to produce civilized young men and women who would appreciate the arts and culture. More-advantaged families may take their children to these cultural institutions outside of school hours, but less-advantaged students are less likely to have these experiences if schools do not provide them. With field trips, public schools viewed themselves as the great equalizer in terms of access to our cultural heritage. Today, culturally enriching field trips are in decline. Museums across the country report a steep drop in school tours. For example, the Field Museum in Chicago at one time welcomed more than 300,000 students every year. Recently the number is below 200,000. Between 2002 and 2007, Cincinnati arts organizations saw a 30 percent decrease in student attendance. A survey by the American Association of School Administrators found that more than half of schools eliminated planned field trips in 2010–11. The decision to reduce culturally enriching field trips reflects a...
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...Do you enjoy learning by sitting in a classroom for seven hours a day? Do you believe you learn best when you take notes while a teacher talks for a full period? Learning can be an enjoyable and amusing experience in the right setting. Taking a field trip to the American Museum of Natural History can be beneficial to science students. They get a chance to participate in a more interactive setting while also learning about the different and unique exhibits. The exhibits at the AMNH teach you about different fields of science such as, paleontology, astrology, human origins, mammals, etc. Learning does not only exist in a classroom setting and students can begin to learn about science in real life experiences while still being entertained. A field...
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...ATS Field Study Cross-Cultural Immersion Project J Swope “CULTURE” noun the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, ethnic, or social group; also: the characteristic feature of everyday existence shared by a people in a place or time. Purpose of the CCI Project Every person grows up in a culture. Every person lives in a culture. It may be that a person’s culture naturally includes interaction with other cultures. Or a person can live fairly insulated from cultures other than their own. This Cross-Cultural Immersion Project is an opportunity for you to encounter people from another culture and to grow from the experience. After you have completed this project you should be able to: • Recognize elements of your own and another’s culture. • Reflect on the significance and value of elements in another culture. • Demonstrate respect for those of another culture. • Display Christ-like values when engaging others of a different culture. To do this, plan and spend at least 20 of your 200 hours of Field Study by serving with and among people with a culture different from your own. It could with people across town or around the world. The choice is up to you and the resources you have. The purpose of this assignment is for you to learn how to love and interact with those who are different from you. The focus is on interaction, encounter, and immersion! It is NOT evangelistic or missional. Of course, we must always be witnesses for Christ...
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...our menu to a more variety of food items including desserts. Target Market The target market for a casual Mexican dining place is very broad and should incorporate all demographic regions. All ages, genders, races, and incomes should be considered potential customers. Dos Gringos will focus on the following for additional sales in the future. • Tourists / Visitors • Downtown Workers • School Field Trips • Weekend Shoppers / Locals • College Students Will Rogers Memorial Center, located in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District, covers 85 acres. Due to its ability to facilitate a variety of cultural, equestrian, and recreational events, it attracts in excess of two million people a year. Downtown Workers contribute to a large portion of Dos Gringos’ lunch sales. School Field Trips are held during the school year at Casa Manana and all museums in the Cultural District. Situation...
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...book The Four Loves, says of friendship that, “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” Indeed, in reflecting on my life as it has transpired thus far, I find myself struck by a pattern of emptiness in my life owing to loneliness–a lack of value in my survival–due to what might be described as cultural and social incompetencies. These incompetencies, owing to my upbringing away from my extended family, as well as my continued struggles with Social anxiety disorder (SAD) and its resulting chronic depression, are not without means of improvement, however. Among these means of improvement is the upcoming OCC trip to Madrid,...
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...Ethnographic interview #2 Soo Gyum Kim The interview took place at the house of al-Masri, my host family, and the individual interviewed was Mariam al-Masri (12) who currently attends International Pioneers Academy. The interview took place on April 23, 2014, and it lasted for approximately 25 minutes. The topic of my second interview was regarding the program and extracurricular activities available in Jordanian schools from the perspective of a current student who is enrolled in a private school. The mini tour question that was asked was as follows: In the previous interview, you have stated that you had recently gone to a field trip to the University of Jordan to explore the topic of chastity by interviewing women without hijabs. What are some other extracurricular activities that your school offers? At International Pioneers Academy, there are various activities that go on in order to raise awareness of the environment as well as societal issues present in Jordan. There are a couple of projects that are going within the school. Every class is assigned to an Islamic value system, and each year, the entire class learns more about the Islam values. Miriam’s class is chastity. The way that she defined this value was “wearing hijab and covering themselves fully for the women, and for men, respecting women on the streets”. Miriam and her class often go to University of Jordan in order to survey the women not wearing hijab in order to spread the awareness of the importance...
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...Field trip report -Ping Shan heritage tour and Basin Meal Student name: Yi Yuanyuan Student ID: 7839735 MGT 603 Cross-cultural Mgt Date: 1/8/2016 Introduction Ping Shan heritage trail is the first heritage trail in Hong Kong, located in the New Territories. It has many traditional building, such as Tang Ancestral Hall, Kun Ting Study Hall and so on. For me, this trip was a great opportunity to learn about traditional life in New Territories. As for Basin Meal, it is a traditional Cantonese cuisine served in a large wooden, porcelain or metal basins. People living in New Territories will eat it in some important events to celebrate. Basin Meal Before visiting Ping Shan Heritage Trail, we ate Basin Meal with some of our department’s professors and Marketing department students. Because Basin Meal is for a group of people, so all of us divided into 5 tables. Every table will have one metal basin contains many kinds of ingredients. Most of them are meat and sea food, including pork, chicken, prawn, squid and so on. It also has some vegetables like white radish and dried mushrooms. Besides, attentive layering is required when preparing Basin Meal. Basin Meal reminds me of a Chinese cuisine called “Yi Pinguo”, which is one of the most popular Anhui cuisine. It is similar to the Basin Meal, but also have some differences. It also served in a large metal basin, and all the ingredients should also be layered carefully. As for the differences, most...
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...Cultural Knowledge I want to prepare a group for a medical mission trip to Honduras. I have had the opportunity to personally visit this country on a mission in the past and learned much about the culture here. This country is located in Central America. There are some cultural practices and information one should be aware of before going. The primary language spoken here is Spanish. There are at least nine different ethnic groups that live in the country. It is considered a very poor country and access to healthcare is very limited especially for people not residing in the city. Healthcare is paid for by the individual or the family. If one cannot afford care they do not go to the doctor. Families often treat illness using home remedies and herbs that grow in the area. It is not uncommon for people to be illiterate, so special care should be taken when educating patients. The primary means of making a living for most of the country is farming. Everybody in the family participates and does their share of work. Catholicism is prominent here but there are other religions as well. “A firm handshake is the basic greeting, and people shake hands again when they part.” (Read more: http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Honduras.html#ixzz3IAf2p1vq (Links to an external site.))....
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...readings to come in my eager preparation for Morocco last summer. I remember my professor reading this line aloud during our first class meeting months later, and my anticipation at the trip to come. And now, over two months after returning from my trip to Morocco, I can instantly picture the scene, so familiar, and I am transported back to the streets of Fes outside our hotel. Travel writers like Shah, as well as anthropologists, use the power of writing to weave words into deep meaning. Before the classes and trip, I had little knowledge or experience in the fields of anthropology or travel writing. In becoming acquainted with these disciplines fall quarter, they seemed like completely different fields to me. Anthropology is a social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings. Travel writing, on the other hand, seemed a broad category of writing that encompassed basically any traveler writing about a different country or culture for practically any purpose. The main differences between anthropology and travel writing are the audience and purpose, the level of objectivity of the writer, and the role of the author in the piece. The differences I noticed initially between these two fields can be exemplified by two of the works I studied in preparing for the trip- David McMurray’s In and Out of Morocco and Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca. In and Out of...
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...the parent the teacher can learn about their student’s home life and cultural background which will help the teacher understand then child. Parent participation in schools can be crucial for a child’s success. There are a many parent can participate in their child’s classroom where it can be beneficial for everybody. One way parents participate can be beneficial is on a field trip. Parents can volunteers as a chaperon for a field trip. Chaperons are always needed for filed trips to help look after the children. This is a form of parent teacher interaction were every one benefits. The teacher gets extra help; every adult is an extra eye. I also think the teacher can benefit from the parent’s presents because the children are less likely to misbehave if there is a parent present. The parent will be able to be their on the trip with the child and therefore have a peace of mind about their child’s safety. The parent also gets to see their child in a different light then they do at home. They get the chance to see their child as they interact with their friends and their teacher. Most children enjoy having their parent to be with them it makes them feel safe, in other word the child befits because they get that sense of security. A disadvantage of the parent’s presents on the trip may develop if the parent becomes detraction for the child and the child doesn't learn all that is possible on the trip. Parents may also want to work...
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...Pierre Bourdieu (1930 – 2002) is a France sociologist who is widely known for his critical analysis of social practices. His focus of study is about the influences of cross-cultural interaction of social class disposition which lead to the reproduction or transformation of social structure (Hodkinson, 2008; Reay, 2004b; Robbins, 2004). Bourdieu neither objectivist nor subjectivist. He believes in the importance of both ‘social structure’ and ‘mental structure’ to explore a social study (Wacquant, 1998). As a response to both paradigms, he established a trilogy concept of habitus, capital and field that explained social practices in analysing of social reality (Suminar, 2013; Wacquant, 1998). He argues Marxists perspective on education and the relationship between educational opportunity and class background (Robbins, 2004). Marxists claim that the main role of education was the reproduction of the same generation of social class and working class (Bauer & Gaskell, 1999; Otto, 2015). However, Bourdieu believes that education as a part of looking forward strategy to everyone as an opportunity to get qualification and the capacity to move forward (Robbins, 2004). Bourdieu conducted many empirical research to test his “Theory of Practice” which ties all the three concepts together (Suminar, 2013). To this point, Bourdieu thought is towards a solidarity in society. In this essay, I will discuss further on Bourdieu’s theory of practice which is widely used in social study. Bourdieu...
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...Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain †Department of Geography and History, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain Abstract: One sign of the growing interest in student travel both from the tourism industry and academic researchers is the global independent travel survey conducted by the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC) and the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS). The survey, conducted in 2002, covers the profile and travel behavior of 1630 students booking travel from student travel organizations in eight countries. This article reports the initial results of this research. The survey showed that students are frequent travel consumers with extensive previous experience of relatively long trips outside of their own world region. Most students see their travelstyle as that of “traveler,” but a significant proportion of the market characterized their travel as “backpacking.” Motivations reflecting a desire for experience are prevalent with student travelers, particularly in terms of exploring other cultures. Motivations tend to be differentiated by destination region and travelstyle and are distinct between students and other young travelers. In spite of these differences in motivation, however, the activities actually engaged in showed little differentiation between students and others. The most frequently mentioned activities were visiting historical sites, walking, sitting in cafés and restaurants, and shopping, which were practiced...
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...Assignment 3: Cultural Activity Report By: Christina Ackerman Dr. James Allen Humanities 1 June 14, 2015 I was lucky to be chosen as a chaperone for my youngest son’s fourth grade field trip. The trip was on Friday May fifteenth and we spent three hours at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia PA after visiting the Liberty Bell. Out trip attendees consisted of one hundred ten year olds and twenty adults as guides and chaperones. We were transported from the school in four large buses which included a bathroom and DVD players to the children’s delight. It took us about forty five minutes to go from the school in Bethlehem to the museum in Philadelphia. Each chaperone was in charge of five children and upon entering the museum you are first greeted by a huge atrium in which a monstrous size Benjamin Franklin sits on a large chair. One of the first things noticed by the children as well as myself was the intricate decorations not only in the large atrium but also on the outside of the building before even entering the museum. I was at first very intimated and one of the children in my group upon entering the museum realized his water in his bag had spilled everywhere creating a large puddle that was now spilling onto the floor of the museum. The Franklin Institute is filled with several amazing interactive displays including the giant heart, your brain, and changing earth to name a few of our favorites. I personally had my eyes set on the third floor which housed the...
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...were not changed by this experience. This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity to go on a mission trip to New York City. Our mission in the morning was to help teach English Second Language class that was located in the Muslim community. I was very nervous going into the start of the trip because I was unfamiliar with the Muslim culture and had no clue as to how they would react being taught by Christian’s who also were attempting to spread Christianity to them. Much to my surprise the students of the class were extremely kind to us. They all greeted us with the American handshake and hello as well as a traditional formal greeting commonly practiced in the Muslim culture. The students were very attentive during class making it clear they were eager to learn the English language. Many of the students had been attending the class for several months to a few years, and wanted to do nothing more than stay and chat. They were all men from the ages of 30 to even 67, several of whom had doctorates in fields such as physics and chemistry and decided to quiz our skills in the subjects and were quite disappointed that we didn’t know a lot of information that to them in their home countries was considered basic knowledge. With their hospitality and friendliness my hesitant attitude quickly was diminished and I quickly became intrigued to learn about our cultural differences as well Reagan 2 as how their lives were in their home countries compared to their...
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...“Olvera St.’s Unique Significance” Olvera St. is one of the oldest places in Downtown Los Angeles and is part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles, which is a historical monument. The town was originally established by Latino families in 1800’s and was the foundation of what would become Los Angeles. The street had been planned to be knocked down in the 1920’s, but was saved by a woman named Christine Sterling. Sterling was able to revive the street and turn it into a historical monument. Since then Olvera St. became a very large tourist attraction because it gave people an insight on what Latino culture, specifically Mexican, is really like. The importance of Olvera St. being saved is very significant for multiple reasons. It holds significance to the Mexican community because of its roots and heritage such as how their ancestors may have lived and what their culture was like. It tells the history of one of the first towns in Los Angeles and it is a location that brings a very diverse crowd to the city. Olvera St. serves as a place where people who have Mexican or Latino backgrounds can see what a Latino “old town” in Los Angeles was really like. It gives an example of what their ancestors may have grown up around and what their lives may have been like. One of the most significant features of Olvera St. is the Avila Adobe, which is a house made of clay. The Avila Adobe is the oldest standing house in Los Angeles and is now a small museum. It was the home to countless Latino families...
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