| Abstract [eng] |
In the recent decades education is on the very fast change (development) process not only in Lithuania, but all over the world. New disciplines are being introduced into the content of teaching/studying programs, new teaching/ learning methods are used. Informal teaching is recognized more and more as a valuable method for education of a young personality. One of these informal methods of teaching is excursion. This method is not widely discussed in the scientific and methodological literature. So, the authors seek to analyze the definition and essence of the excursion as the educational method. Also, the authors see the problems for further research and also try to define the possibilities of improvement of the excursion as educational service and its management. For the definition of tourism and education concepts of cohesion, bringing the tour and its role in modern social-pedagogical environment were analyzed by different authors. Their analysis helped to determine that the tour is self-education and training, as other training and education form, an integral part of working with the audience and one of the forms of training, cultural entertainment and educational organization; episode measure, thematic cycle share, as well as one of the cognitive stages of scientific knowledge dissemination and education messaging form of cultural-educational work independently and as a form of organized tourism an integral part of tour guide and tourist communication between the tourist and form. Key auxiliary or non-formal education trends are: artistic education, ethnic culture, intellectual education, citizenship, democracy education, children’s and youth organizations, rallies initiating altruistic activities, technical creativity, ecology, ecological education, healthy lifestyle education, sightseeing, culture and communication, positive individual preferences, the promotion of recreational humanization. [...]. |
