How much does this study yield?, Some museum research groups take photos of sheep grazing inside and outside the museum. Qingbei | Children | Museum
Recently, several students from Tsinghua and Peking University revealed that a company in Jinan, Shandong Province held a research and learning activity, inviting students from Tsinghua and Peking University to share their experiences with summer students for a fee. However, the actual research and learning situation was seriously inconsistent with the description: visiting famous schools turned into checking in at school gates, one-on-one learning became one-on-one learning for students from Tsinghua and Peking University, and they were too busy to exchange learning experiences.
According to a survey conducted by a journalist from Jiefang Daily's Shangguan News, it is not uncommon to find situations that do not live up to the name in this year's hot trend of study tourism. If children are unable to enter the National Museum and visit Tsinghua and Peking University due to inability to book tickets; Some museums do not accept external explanations, and children are "herding sheep" inside the museum. However, outside the museum, they must queue up in the bright sun to take group photos for parents to see
Parents are eager for their children to succeed and are willing to spend a high price to send them to study tours. What are the benefits?
Research tour is not worthy of its name, causing roast
"6 days and 5 nights, the experience is very bad!" Recently, a parent who sent his child to Beijing to participate in a school trip roast, causing heated discussion. The head of the family spent over 6000 yuan to send his son to a study group. During those days, the highest temperature in Beijing reached 39 degrees Celsius. The children climbed the Great Wall and visited the Summer Palace in the scorching heat, sweating profusely every day; For two consecutive days, the children woke up at five or six o'clock in the morning, and on the third day, they were called up at two o'clock in the morning to watch the flag raising ceremony; When it rained while visiting Universal Studios, most of the children got wet. The tour guide realized that the children needed to change their clothes when prompted by their parents
The most frustrating thing for this parent is that the graduate program on their itinerary has been greatly discounted. The two biggest highlights of the original itinerary, the visit to Qingbei University and the National Museum, were cancelled due to the inability to be realized. The previously agreed upon explanation by students from Qingbei University was also changed to another tour guide at the museum. During the journey, due to the children's phones and electronic watches being taken away four days before the trip, parents were unable to know their children's specific locations. In the six hot days, the children only had two sets of clothes and other details. The parent picked up their children home on the third day. "My child hasn't slept well for three days and has a headache and lacks energy. I was in the activity group throughout, so I understand the entire itinerary. I won't send my child to the event again next time!"
This parent's roast is not an exception. At the end of June and beginning of July, Lu Yan, a tourist from Dajiangxi, stayed in Beijing for 8 days. She witnessed three to five teachers leading nearly 50 children to a summer camp, and everyone was very hot and uncomfortable. However, she was very proactive in taking photos in front of the entrance of the scenic spot, and there were several groups of people queuing up to take photos. At the Military Museum, I saw a group of children playing on the slide for over an hour on a nearly 2-meter-high marble slope next to the stairs, without a teacher stopping them throughout.
Mr. Yu, a Shanghai resident who was traveling in Chengdu in early July, said that when he visited Du Fu Thatched Cottage and Wuhou Temple, he was very crowded and would easily lose contact with the team. It is difficult to imagine how the children of the study group could concentrate on listening to the tour guide's explanation in such a situation.
The shortage of personnel and the explosion of demand have led to the mixed quality of research and study tours.
The long-standing study tour has had a lot of chaos this year, due to various reasons. In the view of Zhou Weihong, Deputy General Manager of Spring and Autumn Tourism, in the past three years, offline learning activities, especially long-distance learning activities, have basically stopped, leading to a surge in demand for summer learning this year, with Beijing being a popular destination. From the actual situation, many of the main organizers of these research and learning activities this year are training institutions. These institutions have not been able to operate effectively in the past three years due to the impact of the epidemic, and some institutions have insufficient staff. There may be flaws in both route design and itinerary arrangements. In addition, the transportation and accommodation resources required for long-distance research this summer are scarce, coupled with the strong demand for domestic tourism, resulting in a high shortage of these resources. Most research institutions are unable to compete with large tourism enterprises in these areas.
"Research activities that utilize resources from renowned universities cannot be guaranteed due to the lack of a linkage mechanism established by the education department or universities themselves to meet market demand. This is also an objective fact." Zhou Weihong also stated that during this year's popular research tours, it is not ruled out that the non compliant operations of certain training institutions have led to substandard quality of research activities, resulting in a decline in the quality of research tours.
The study tour team is too chaotic, so it's best for parents to learn on their own before taking their children to play? This approach is not realistic either. Not all parents are competent as mentors for their children's study tours, except for the tedious details of arranging their study itinerary. Moreover, in the vast market for educational games, there are still many niche institutions that insist on producing high-quality educational game products.
Ms. Chen, a parent who was studying with her child in Beijing in mid July, believes that it is important to choose an organization to organize the study. Ms. Chen and her child walked into the campus of Tsinghua University on July 10th, where they had a 40 minute Tsinghua student sharing session and also visited the National Museum. On that day, the teacher will also adjust the itinerary according to the weather conditions, and the food is also good. The feedback from the tourists in the group is also good. Ms. Li, who just took her child to participate in a 5-day and 4-night study tour of a certain institution, is also very satisfied with this study tour. "Led by professional teachers, we have traveled through three thousand years and narrated the ancient Shu civilization in simple and easy language, solving many mysteries in our hearts. Of course, there are still more unsolved mysteries waiting for children to explore. Next time, we plan to continue with the research team of this institution."
Introducing experts for cross-border cooperation to create high-quality products
The market for study tours objectively exists, whether it is for children to walk independently or for their thirst for professional knowledge. Someone has suggested, "If children can participate in high-quality independent study groups, parents can also briefly enjoy a life without children disturbing them. Isn't it a win-win situation?"
The head of a niche study tour organization admitted that doing a good job in study tours is actually a brain teaser. Each place not only offers admission to museums and cultural and educational venues, but also offers the best time slot for instructors, which greatly tests the organizer's ability to allocate resources. Therefore, there is no shortage of customers for truly high-quality small research groups on the market. "These types of products not only require explanations from 'experts', but also require tourists to be prepared and willing to invest their physical and mental energy into them. Tourists themselves are also a part of the production of tourism products."
Yang Yinzhi, associate professor at Shanghai Normal University, believes that inviting experts to participate in the route design and tour guide explanation of tourism institutions is a direction for creating high-quality research tours in the future. In terms of route design, experts in a certain field have a better understanding of the scientific knowledge and cultural history related to the local natural scenery and cultural landscape, and are also aware of their aesthetic or learning value. They can choose and plan "food, accommodation, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment" to make the route more enjoyable. The study tour is even more so, and education professionals should be involved in the route design: "What educational goals does a certain learning project aim to achieve? What natural and cultural materials are available in the study destination and itinerary? How to design the entire study tour lesson plan? How to guide students to observe and think? How to assess students' study results?... all require the help of expert strength to reflect deep thinking."
At present, some niche research and learning tour teams on the market have adopted this approach, inviting "experts" in a certain field to participate in route design and provide explanations. These "experts" include university professors as well as folk master level historical and cultural scholars. They can extend the story of a monument, a statue, a section of wall, or a bridge vertically for thousands of years, horizontally extending to all corners of the world, satisfying the curiosity and thirst for knowledge of tourists. With the development of the market and the waves of sand washing, such high-quality research and learning tours will become the benchmark for similar products and gain more followers.
