Title:- Knowledge enhancement through educational trips or excursions

Objective:

• To nurture wholesome development of the students.
• Allow students to interact with teachers of the department, the scientists of other institutes.
• Allow facile assimilation of knowledge, while also helping to build better understanding and team work among the members of the department.

Context:

Educational trips and excursions are designed to enhance classroom learning. They provide students with the opportunity to: See, touch and experience what they have learned in the classroom, Interact with new people and witness regional practices, Broaden their understanding of the world, improve their artistic sense and explore surroundings.

Practices:

Different industry visits and excursions are planned and executed at department. Industrial visits are known for technical methods of teaching. It helps students to know things practically through interviews, interaction, working methods and employment practices. These visits give students awareness about new technologies and give combined knowledge about both theory and practical.

Outcome:

1. Interactive Learning:
During an excursion, students get a chance to interact with what they are learning or have learned. Students can participate in the theories and concepts practically and the experience is not just limited to reading about the subject. Educational tours provide valuable educational opportunities without a regular classroom, textbooks, and other tools. When they get a chance to see, touch and experience things that they have learned about in books, students return to the classroom with greater enthusiasm, motivation, and a deeper connection with the subject. On an educational tour, students get to experience different methods and approaches to teaching and gain a new perspective of seeing the subject.

2. Social Interaction:
An educational tour places the students in different socio-cultural environments where they encounter new people and witness regional practices usually. These interactions teach them to accept diversity. Thus, enhancing their communication skills, sense of teamwork, and building a community among students. This allows them to develop unbiased opinions and learn from strangers. Such excursions aid in developing students that are both intelligent and observant in applying their learning toward helping people around them. In this digital age, learning in context helps students develop better social cues which is a skill beyond textbooks and screens