A Way to Change Learning: Field Trips as a University Pedagogical Resource

This article represents the systematization of different experiences related to educational field trips in higher education taking place between 2005 and 2012 within the Primary Education Division (DEB) at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. Field trips were used as an educational resource to develop...

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Author: Vásquez Salazar, Érika
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Spanish
English
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/5563
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/5563
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Educational field trips
higher education
trainer of trainers.
Expedición pedagógica
gira
educación superior
formador de formadores.
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Summary:This article represents the systematization of different experiences related to educational field trips in higher education taking place between 2005 and 2012 within the Primary Education Division (DEB) at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. Field trips were used as an educational resource to develop attitudes and aptitudes in students from various education majors. The author proposes pedagogical field trips as a possible strategy to promote innovation in higher education and achieve a positive change in teaching and learning processes. Field trips are presented as a tool that allows students to complete their coursework in a more significant and participative manner being in contact with the educational reality and to become humanized and to reinvent themselves as persons and future teachers.