Education Research on Study Tours and Practice
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A Study on the Psychological Mechanisms of Communication and Pathways for Cultivating Global Competence in County-Level New Media-Empowered Cross-Border Study Tours in ASEAN
Against the backdrop of international education under the “Belt and Road” initiative, cross-border study tours to ASEAN countries serve as a vital practical pathway for primary and secondary schools in rural counties to cultivate students’ cross-cultural literacy. Constrained by geographical, financial, and teacher resource limitations, rural schools face challenges in regularly conducting in-person cross-border exchanges. New media platforms—such as county-level integrated media and short-form video platforms—have opened channels for bringing international educational resources to rural areas, thereby restructuring the communication system for educational development through ASEAN study tours. This paper compares service-learning in the United States, Japan’s Integrated Learning Time, overseas study tours in Singapore, and practical educational models in various ASEAN countries. Drawing on communication psychology, intercultural education, and the OECD’s Global Competence theory, and employing literature review, international comparison, and curriculum design methods, it constructs a four-dimensional analytical model of “New Media Communication — Audience Psychology — Intercultural Experience — Global Competence,” and maps out five psychological pathways: information exposure, cognitive processing, emotional experience, value identification, and behavioral participation. Taking into account the cognitive development characteristics of primary and secondary school students, the study designs a progressive, tiered study-tour curriculum that integrates labor education, science education, and revolutionary moral education, accompanied by a comprehensive, multi-level evaluation system. It also proposes implementation safeguards in terms of digital resources, curriculum development, mentor training, and cross-border cooperation. Research indicates that county-level new media serves not only as a vehicle for information dissemination but also fulfills functions of facilitating virtual cross-cultural experiences and guiding values. It can provide a theoretical framework for the internationalization of basic education in counties, China–ASEAN youth study-tour exchanges, and the tiered cultivation of global competence among youth.
psychological mechanisms of communication
comparative international practical education
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Pathways for Cultivating International Talents in University Marxist Theory Disciplines ——A Case Study of the "One Main Line, Two Integrations, and Three Learning Approaches" Vietnam-Based Study and Research Model at Nanning Normal University
With the advancement of educational opening-up in the new era, the demand for cultivating globally oriented international talents in university Marxist Theory disciplines has become increasingly prominent. Drawing on its disciplinary and geographical advantages, the School of Marxism at Nanning Normal University has developed the “One Main Line, Two Integrations, and Three Learning Approaches” Vietnam-based study and research model. The model has demonstrated significant effectiveness in cultivating international talents in university Marxist Theory disciplines, while further improvements are needed in terms of cultivation objectives, coordination mechanisms, support systems, and evaluation systems. Overall, the model provides practical insights for cultivating globally oriented talents in university Marxist Theory disciplines in the new era.
Design of a Study Tour Program in Wuqia County Based on Geographical Core Competencies
Wuqia County in Xinjiang features a complex and diverse range of landforms, offering abundant and distinctive resources for geography-based field study. Based on the core competencies of high school geography education, this study establishes objectives and field-study sites, and designs corresponding content, tasks, and activities in accordance with the resources available at each site. An evaluation scale for assessing the achievement of the geography field-study objectives is also developed. The proposed field-study program can serve as a reference for high schools conducting educational field studies in Wuqia County.
From Experience to Development: Mechanisms of Study Travel in Promoting Students' Psychological Development——A Context–Process–Resource Model
Existing studies have mainly focused on the curricular value, knowledge acquisition, and practical skill development of study travel, while a systematic explanation of how study travel affects students' psychological development and its underlying mechanisms remains lacking. Drawing upon experiential learning theory, self-determination theory, and positive psychology, this paper proposes the Context–Process–Resource (CPR) model to elucidate the dynamic generative mechanism through which study travel facilitates students' psychological development. It should be noted that study travel does not automatically produce psychological developmental effects; its effectiveness is moderated by multiple factors such as the quality of curriculum design, teacher support, peer interaction patterns, and individual student differences. Future research should advance study travel research from "outcome evaluation" to "mechanism explanation," and from "activity organization" to "psychological development support."
The Development Direction of Study Practice: A Comparative Study of Local Legislation in Shanghai, Shandong and Guangdong
Since 2024, Shanghai, Shandong and Guangdong (Guangzhou) have successively advanced study practice through local regulations or normative documents, marking a transition from policy advocacy to local legislation and rigid governance. Through textual comparison and policy analysis, this paper compares the three documents in terms of concept definition, institutional level, class-hour frequency, organizing subject, funding mechanism and safety responsibility, and finds five development trends: returning to the essence of practice education, upgrading to legal guarantee, rigidifying class hours, shifting to school-society co-governance, and refining governance. The experiences of the three places point to a new ecology of study practice featuring “curriculum core, public welfare orientation, safety under the rule of law, and social collaboration”.
Heroic City·Red Heritage Shangzhi: Practical Report on Integrating Red Study Tours with Rural Agricultural Economy for Educating People ——An In-Depth Local Exploration Based on Red Labor Study Tours of Key Senior High Schools in Shangzhi City
Shangzhi City, named after the anti-Japanese hero Zhao Shangzhi, is the birthplace of the Third Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and carries a profound legacy of revolutionary history and culture. Located in the 45°N cold-region agricultural belt, the city is rich in distinctive agricultural resources, such as black fungus and red raspberries, as well as diverse local folk traditions. At present, county-level high schools commonly face several challenges in educational practice, including an emphasis on the dissemination of knowledge rather than experiential learning in red-themed ideological and political education, insufficient integration of labor education with local specialty industries, a lack of higher-order inquiry in educational study tours, and weak students’ sense of responsibility toward their hometown. Based on the educational mission of a provincial key high school and drawing on Shangzhi’s heroic city spirit and rural agricultural resources, this study develops an educational study-tour model entitled “Forging the Spirit through Revolutionary Heritage and Nurturing the Heart through Agricultural Labor”, which promotes the integration of revolutionary culture, agricultural practice, and local education. The school has established a three-dimensional curriculum system consisting of three major components: revolutionary heritage site study tours, modern agricultural practice, and local cultural and humanistic experiences. Through these activities, students are guided to explore the history of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, conduct agricultural industry research and hands-on farming activities, and experience local folk customs, thereby implementing the national educational requirement of “closely integrating classroom learning with rural practice.” Practice has demonstrated that this model effectively meets the educational needs of provincial key high schools and promotes the coordinated development of students’ revolutionary heritage, labor innovation, local identity, and inquiry abilities. It therefore provides a replicable practical model for integrated educational development in provincial-level secondary schools.
Shangzhi High School (Provincial Key High School)
Spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army
International Comparative Study on Educational Practices: How to Help Children Learn to Play During Their Childhood ——Also discusses how "learning through play" serves as both the prerequisite and the driving force behind "learning by doing, learning through application, and learning through innovation"
The phenomenon of "our children not knowing how to play" is becoming a prominent issue in contemporary education. The 2022 Compulsory Education Curriculum Framework advocates for "learning by doing, learning through application, and learning through creation," establishing a fundamental approach to practice-based education; however, whether these practices— "doing, applying, and creating" —can truly take place depends on whether children possess the prerequisite of "knowing how to play" —that is, an intrinsic interest, passion, and exploratory drive. Drawing upon the educational video documentation *Childhood Abroad* filmed by Zhou Yijun's team as one source of inquiry, this paper selects Japan, Finland, India, and Israel as comparative case studies. It examines how these four countries reintroduce "play" into childhood and transform it into learning capacity and creativity across four dimensions: educational philosophy, institutional arrangements, curriculum design, and spatial environment creation. The study reveals that, although the four countries follow distinct pathways, they all share a common consensus—that "play is a fundamental right of children and a fundamental means of their development" —and they offer valuable lessons based on principles such as "de-utilityization, emphasis on experience, interdisciplinary approaches, tolerance of failure, and strong interpersonal relationships." Building on this foundation, this paper proposes and argues that "learning through play" (mastering how to play) serves as both the prerequisite and the driving force behind "learning by doing, learning through application, and learning through innovation." Addressing the practical challenges faced by China's research-based experiential education systems, the paper constructs a framework for nurturing children's game competence—one that takes "mastering how to play" as its core competency goal, uses real-life contexts as its vehicle, and employs interdisciplinary projects as its methodology—thereby providing an international reference for implementing practical education approaches within the context of fostering core competencies and the "Double Reduction" policy. Furthermore, drawing upon the proposition that "humans cannot merely exist for the sake of making a living," the paper explores the profound educational value of "learning through play" across three dimensions—life passion, meaning-making, and the capacity for happiness—while cautioning parents against how utilitarian parenting mindsets can encroach upon children's space for play and push them toward the deeper crisis of becoming "four-no youth."
Learning by doing, applying, and creating
A Practical Study on Science Museum Study Tours Based on "Learning by Doing"——A Case Study of the Eighth-Grade Study Tour at Qiqihar Science Museum
In response to the practical dilemma of science education that “emphasizes knowledge transmission while neglecting hands-on experience,” this paper takes the eighth-grade study tour at Qiqihar Science Museum as a case study. Based on the task chain framework of the "Learning by Doing" Leading Action Guide, it systematically elaborates the educational mechanism and practical pathways of science museum study tours in stimulating scientific interest, promoting interdisciplinary integration, and achieving the unity of knowledge and action. The research shows that by creating immersive scientific scenes, designing open-ended inquiry tasks, and granting students sufficient space for autonomous exploration, science museum study tours can effectively break through classroom boundaries, transform "spectator-style visits" into “participatory inquiry,” and promote the authentic growth of students’ scientific literacy. This paper provides an operable practical reference for compulsory education schools to implement the "Learning by Doing" concept by leveraging science museum resources.
Research on the School-Local Collaboration Path forNormalizing Science Study Tours and Science Education underthe "Learning by Doing" Initiative for Science Education——Taking the industry-education integration consortium between Harbin Jihong Primary School and Harbin Institute of Technology Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (Hugo Planet) as an example
In 2026, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued the Learning-by-Doing Pilot Action Guideline for Science Education in Compulsory Education, shifting science education toward teaching based on real problems and learning in real scenarios. Taking the industry-education consortium jointly built by Harbin Jihong Primary School, Harbin Institute of Technology Satellite Technology Co., Ltd and Hua Hang Xing Jian (Harbin) Education Technology Co., Ltd as a case, this paper addresses three tensions—the "last mile" of transforming cutting-edge industrial resources into education, the "master-teacher dependence" of PBL, and the "two skins" gap between study tours and national curriculum standards—and proposes a five-in-one school-local collaboration framework of policy-curriculum-scenario-evaluation-mechanism with systematic action strategies. The study shows that, through the three-tier "Galaxy Classroom" curriculum system and the driving task "Design a Longjiang Star," cutting-edge aerospace engineering resources can be transformed into deliverable, replicable and assessable normalizing science education public goods, offering a replicable "Longjiang model" for implementing Learning by Doing in national science-education demonstration schools.
Research on the Path of Curriculum Transformation of Local Cultural Resources ——A Case Study of the Territorial Affection Study Tour Based on Unit 2, Grade 7 (Volume 2)
The Compulsory Education Chinese Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition) emphasize expanding the boundaries of subject-based education, advancing interdisciplinary thematic practice, and implementing the curricular development of study tours. The national “15th Five-Year Plan” for education further proposes the strategic deployment of “institutionalizing national conditions study tours,” requiring that education on national conditions be integrated throughout the entire process of basic education and that study practice be elevated from fragmented activities to an institutionalized curriculum system. County primary and secondary schools possess rich local historical, red-spirit, and ecological resources, yet generally face such practical problems as the disconnection between cultural tourism resources and subject teaching, the superficial “sightseeing” tendency of study activities, the fragmentation of multidisciplinary education, and the difficulty of implementing the “five-education integration.” This paper takes the four types of local resources unique to Tailai County—Liao-Jin border-garrison culture, Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War red culture, the 1998 flood-fighting united spirit, and Taihu Wetland ecological culture—as study tour vehicles, and conducts action research based on the territorial affection (jiaguo qinghuai) thematic unit of Unit 2, Grade 7 (Volume 2) of the unified compilation edition. The study selected four teaching classes of Grade 7 in a county school as samples, set up experimental and control classes, and carried out comparative teaching for one semester, constructing a closed-loop educational system of “text anchoring — on-site inquiry — classroom reflux — multidimensional evaluation.” Exploring the development of a transformation paradigm for study-and-experience courses tailored for junior high schools in northern China's county-level regions.
A School‑based Practical Study on the Cultivation of Scientific Literacy Through Inter‑disciplinary Research‑Study Tours Under the Orientation of Improving Quality in All‑round Education ——A Case Study of Wenhua Primary School, Baiquan County
In response to the educational requirements of “simultaneously implementing five‑domain education and holistic education”, Wenhua Primary School in Baiquan County addresses practical challenges in research‑study tour education for county‑level primary schools, including disciplinary fragmentation, superficial scientific inquiry, and insufficient educational effectiveness. Drawing on local county‑level resources, off‑campus popular‑science bases and its own school‑running characteristics, the school has constructed a school‑based system for research‑study tours featuring holistic linkage, interdisciplinary integration and scientific literacy as the core. Taking project‑based research‑study tours as the carrier, the school breaks disciplinary barriers among Science, Chinese, Mathematics, Fine Arts, Labor, and Morality and the Rule of Law. It builds a four‑dimensional educational space covering in‑school curricula, off‑campus research‑study tours, home‑based extension activities and community practice, and forms a closed‑loop implementation path of “pre‑class interdisciplinary collective lesson preparation — field‑based inquiry tours — post‑class diversified achievement transformation — whole‑process comprehensive evaluation”. Practices have verified that interdisciplinary research‑study tours can effectively stimulate students’ awareness of scientific inquiry, evidence‑based thinking and innovative practical capabilities, promote systematic improvement of the school’s holistic education quality, and provide a replicable school‑based model for the development of research‑study tour curricula and the implementation of science education for county‑level primary schools in Northern China.
Research on the Practical Transformation Paths of Family Rituals, Family Precepts and Family Traditions in Research Study Travel from the Perspective of the Community with a Shared Future for Family and Country
Against the strategic backdrop of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the contemporary requirement for the "creative transformation and innovative development" of fine traditional Chinese culture, how Confucianism's ethics system rooted in the "family" as the ethical origin achieves modern revitalization and practical transformation has become a core issue for cultural inheritance and educational innovation in the new era. The traditional Chinese "isomorphism of family and state" constitutes the historical and cultural foundation of contemporary family-state ethical relations, while the "community with a shared future for family and country" is its modern creative transformation, and the two form an inheritance-and-development relationship running through the modern evolution of traditional family-state ethics. As vital carriers of daily ethics, ancestral admonition, and spiritual cultivation in traditional society, Confucian family rituals, family precepts, and family traditions embody the unique moral genes, order concepts, and educational wisdom of the Chinese nation. Taking the "community with a shared future for family and country" as the core theoretical framework, this paper adopts multiple research methods including literature textual research, text interpretation, field investigation, and case analysis to systematically explore the internal mechanism, transformation modes, practical dilemmas, and optimization paths of the in-depth integration of traditional family cultural resources and modern research study practice. The research finds that the contemporary inheritance of traditional Confucian ethics generally faces problems such as "disconnection between knowledge and practice", "formalization", and "superficialization". Characterized by contextualization, experiential learning and immersion, research study practice can effectively realize the modern reconstruction of ritual and music education, modular transformation of classic texts, and contextual activation of localized culture. This paper proposes an educational model based on the "dialectic of canon and expediency", which regards adhering to the core connotation of classics as the "canon" and adapting to modern education as the "expediency". It provides theoretical support and a replicable practical paradigm for the modern transformation of Confucian ethics, the practical implementation of family culture in research study education, and the cultivation of family-country feelings.
Construction and Practice of the Six Years, Twelve Stations National Conditions Study Tour Curriculum in Primary Schools from the Perspective of Red Culture Education
Aiming at the practical dilemmas of primary school red study tours—“travelling without learning, disconnection between knowledge and action, fragmented curriculum, and superficial education”—this paper, based on embodied cognition, value internalization, and contextual education theories and centering on the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, constructs a curriculum system that deeply integrates red culture education with national conditions study tours. Taking the “Six Years, Twelve Stations” national conditions study tour of Jixian No.3 Primary School as a practical case, it taps into local resources such as red culture, rule of law, ecology, and humanities, and in light of students’ six-year growth pattern, hierarchically sets up stepped study tour scenarios of “enlightenment and perception—rule formation—cultural immersion—responsibility practice,” supplemented by self-compiled exclusive study manuals. The research shows that the immersive walking classroom, stepped practical carriers, and closed-loop education model effectively remedy the drawbacks of traditional moral education preaching, and provide a replicable and promotable practical paradigm and theoretical reference for the localized national conditions study tour construction in county primary schools.
Industrial Study Tour and Brand Communication Empowerment ——A Case Study of Feihe Harbin Intelligent Industrial Park
Industrial study tour, as a deep integration of industrial tourism and basic education, is becoming an important vehicle for showcasing national achievements, popularizing scientific innovation, and cultivating youth competencies. Taking Feihe Harbin Intelligent Industrial Park as a case, this paper systematically analyzes its resource endowment, curriculum system, and educational value, and explores the mechanism through which industrial study tour empowers national brand communication. The study finds that Feihe, relying on its 362,000-square-meter intelligent industrial park and guided by embodied cognition theory, has developed an immersive study tour curriculum covering core nodes including innovation laboratories, breast milk traceability, ecological experience, and smart factories. By constructing a high-trust communication field with reduced psychological defense, industrial study tour achieves brand mind-share occupation and cultural resonance. At the cognitive transformation level, the study tour experience forms cross-generational brand emotional anchors through the primacy effect, and influences family consumption decisions through reverse family socialization. The paper also discusses the social value of industrial study tour in career enlightenment and regional talent cultivation, providing practical references for the systematic design of industrial study tour curricula and the optimization of brand communication strategies.
Walking Childhood: A Decade of Practice and Reflection of a Private Study Travel Institution
Based on a decade of practical exploration by the Hangzhou Paper Flight Study Travel Practice Education Center, this paper proposes two core concepts: "Rooting Education" and "Branching Education," constructing a study travel practice education system that originates from the "Hometown Classroom" and is carried out through "Walking Courses." The article systematically elaborates on five progressive levels ranging from "understanding the hometown" to "heading for the distance," and analyzes key factors such as curriculum development, teacher training, safety guarantees, and home-school collaboration. Through numerous authentic cases, it demonstrates the unique value of study travel practice in cultivating students' core competencies. The research indicates that a study travel practice pathway based on the logic of "rooting first, then extending" can effectively foster children's identity formation, emotional connection, and life growth, offering a humanistic and operational practical model for study travel practice education in the new era.
A Study on the Construction and Implementation Path of the Study Tour and Practice Education Curriculum System in Comprehensive Practice Schools​ ——An Action Research Based on the "Three-Dimensional Integration·Four-Stage Progression" Model
To address the three common dilemmas prevalent in study tour and practice education in comprehensive practice schools —fragmented curriculum system, weakened practical components, and superficial resource integration — this study takes Harbin Songbei District Primary and Secondary School Students Comprehensive Practice School as the research field. Based on the educational philosophy of “Heart-Hand Correspondence, Unity of Knowledge and Action”, it constructs and validates a curriculum model of “Three-Dimensional Integration · Four-Stage Progression”. “Three-Dimensional Integration” refers to taking labor as the foundation, comprehensive practice as the method, and study tour as the field, forming a course “formula” tailored to specific subjects through the dynamic combination of labor education, comprehensive practice activities, and study tour contexts. “Four-Stage Progression” refers to the hierarchical implementation path of experiential perception → inquiry learning → project creation → service extension, enabling age-appropriate instruction. The study adopts action research, supplemented by survey and case study methods. Based on 4,820 student needs questionnaires covering 44 primary and secondary schools in the district, it took two years to develop, iterate, and normalize the implementation of 14 study tour courses. The results show that: the “Three-Dimensional Integration” model can effectively break down the educational barriers among labor education, comprehensive practice activities, and study tours; the “Four-Stage Progression” path can significantly enhance students’ participation and depth of practice across different grade levels; the multi-stakeholder collaboration mechanism and the multi-dimensional evaluation toolkit of “teaching-learning-assessment integration” provide a replicable standardized paradigm for the high-quality development of regional study tour and practice education.
Industry enriches textbooks, textbooks empower industry ——Model Brand of Sino-Foreign Enterprise Study-Tour Education and the Logic of Public Welfare Co-development
Research-based practical education is undergoing a transformation from extracurricular activities to deep integration of curriculum design and industrial practice. This paper examines four enterprises—Toyota (Japan), COFCO Coca-Cola, By-health, and Heilongjiang Yuqiang Biotechnology—to identify common patterns in their educational practices. The study reveals that industry provides authentic technological contexts and cultural narratives for education, while education cultivates sustainable brand influence and social trust for industry. All four cases demonstrate a dual empowerment mechanism characterized by iterative curriculum-industry upgrading and co-growth between talent cultivation and brand building. These enterprises embed public welfare into educational scenarios, achieving a long-term paradigm where commercial development and social benefit coexist. Using the Cold-region Specialty Berry Research Curriculum as an empirical case, this paper further demonstrates how local specialty industries can achieve the transition from product branding to cultural branding through tiered curriculum design and hard-tech transformation, offering a replicable model for the standardization and localization of research-based education.
Research on the Operation Model, Distinctive Characteristics, and Implementation Path of Transnational Red Study Tours ——A Case Study of Marxist Theory Graduate Students' Red Study Tour to Vietnam
Against the backdrop of deepening globalization and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, transnational study tours have become an important vehicle for cultivating young people's international vision and cross-cultural abilities. In the process of building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, Vietnam, with advantages such as geographical proximity and cultural affinity, has become a high-quality practical base for transnational red study programs centered on Marxist theory. Taking red study tours of Vietnamese sites organized by universities in Guangxi as an example, this article systematically analyzes their diversified operation model guided by the government and coordinated across institutions, extracts three distinctive features, and ultimately proposes targeted development paths from four dimensions. This aims to provide theoretical references and practical guidance for the high-quality development of transnational study programs in the new era, facilitate deeper and more substantial China-Vietnam cultural exchanges, and cultivate a new generation of youth with both patriotism and an international outlook.
China-Vietnam Community of Shared Destiny
From "New Space Infrastructure" to the Foundation of Talent Cultivation: The National Mission and Answer of a Commercial Aerospace Leader in the Space AI Race
As AI and space technology converge, the strategic focus of global tech competition is shifting from terrestrial computing to orbital intelligence. SpaceX’s integration of xAI and its gigawatt-scale orbital AI data center blueprint mark the full commencement of the“Space + AI”super-platform race. Taking Harbin WeiDASAT—China’s only commercial prime capable of batch-producing communication, navigation, remote sensing, and deep-space probes—and its education arm Huahang Starlink as research subjects, this paper argues that the true foundation of space power lies in transforming industrial sites into educational arenas. It elaborates WeiDASAT’s triple transition from single-satellite development to batch manufacturing to educational responsibility, and constructs the three-tier “Galaxy Class” curriculum system alongside the “Golden Seed Consortium” collaborative ecosystem. Within China’s policy framework integrating commercial aerospace into the space power strategy and listing satellite internet as “new infrastructure”, the paper demonstrates that satellite-building capacity must ultimately anchor in talent-cultivation to forge sustainable national advantage.
Return Study Tours to Their Original Educational Mission ——In-depth Reflections of a Primary School Principal After the "Golden Seed" Training Program
2026 marks the launch of the 15th Five-Year Plan. Both People’s Daily and Guangming Daily have issued repeated warnings against chaotic practices in study tours. The research group of the China Association for Promoting Democracy conducted special investigations in Heilongjiang Province, sending a strong signal that practical education via study tours is shifting from "expanding scale" to "improving connotative quality". As a trainee of the "Golden Seed" Training Program for Principals on Leadership in Study Tour Education, the author combines the school-running reality of Yuhong Primary School in Qiqihar and the learning characteristics of primary school students to reflect on the drawbacks prevailing in current study tours, such as "prioritizing sightseeing over research" and "checklist-style trips". This paper proposes that primary school study tours during the 15th Five-Year Plan period should target educational challenges hard to resolve in campus teaching, focusing on genuine growth demands including anxiety over new media literacy, the psychological predicament of "four lacks", and art therapy. A "Four Authenticities" study tour framework is constructed, covering authentic questions, authentic experiences, authentic inquiries and authentic growth, so as to transform study tours from "sightseeing trips on foot" back to "curriculum-based learning journeys". This article offers frontline perspectives and suggestions for the high-quality development of practical education through primary school study tours.
Practical Research on Building School-Family-Borderland Education Link Through Border Study Tours under Home-School-Community Collaboration
Study tours in border areas carry multiple values including national territory education, local cultural education and regional social connection, serving as a crucial practical carrier to implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education and forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. Based on the home-school-society collaborative education framework, this paper addresses prominent practical problems in study tours of primary and secondary schools along northern border areas of China, such as school-dominated operation, insufficient family participation, superficial utilization of local border resources, and fragmented connection among the three educational subjects. It systematically interprets the internal logic of border study tours as an educational bond linking schools, families and border communities, and further analyzes their unique advantages in gathering family educational resources, activating characteristic local border resources, and feeding back grassroots social governance and cultural construction in border regions. In view of the educational reality of northern border areas, a standardized, operable and replicable practical path for collaborative education via border study tours is constructed from four dimensions: top-level mechanism establishment, integrated development of featured courses, co-construction of diverse practical scenarios, and implementation of multi-dimensional home-school-society evaluation.
Study Tour-Based Educational Strategies: Exploration on Boosting Students' Psychological Resilience
Psychological resilience is the core psychological quality for primary and secondary school students to cope with setbacks, adapt to environments and grow up healthily, and it also serves as an important foothold for study tour education to fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education. Characterized by real situational experience, task-driven activities, team cooperation and challenging experiences, study tour practice is highly consistent with the internal logic of cultivating psychological resilience. Based on the educational essence of study tour education, this paper clarifies the internal correlation between study tour practice and the cultivation of psychological resilience, constructs a four-dimensional education strategy of "situational immersion, task challenges, collaborative empowerment and reflective internalization". Combined with practical cases such as border study tours and ecological study tours in Heilongjiang Province, it explores effective approaches to improve primary and secondary school students' psychological resilience, providing theoretical references and practical models for study tour education to deepen educational value and promote students' all-round physical and mental development.
Construction of the International Education Model and Global Competence Cultivation System for the Young Expo Ambassador Program from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Domestic youth study tours in China are generally plagued by superficial defects of "sightseeing without in-depth learning and shallow knowledge absorption", whereas international exchange programs are confronted with dilemmas including fragmented activities, inadequate curriculum system, and poor long-term educational sustainability. Taking the Young Expo Ambassador program, which has run for more than two decades, as the research object, this paper adopts a single-case study method to sort out its iterative upgrading evolution originating from the original "Young Expo Ambassadors". By integrating the OECD Global Competence Framework and Byram’s Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence, this paper proposes a four-dimensional integrated cultivation philosophy featuring "international vision, diversified expression, core literacy and global competence", and establishes a closed-loop talent cultivation system covering brand positioning, tiered selection mechanism, growth benefits for participants, mentor training system and regular international activities. Relying on high-end international platforms such as World Expos, World Cities Day and the World Advertising Congress, this paper elaborates the operation logic of a stepped growth system built on "capacity accumulation in daily regular scenarios + practical training at landmark international events", and explores the implementation paths to integrate international scenarios with intercultural education. The theoretical framework, participant evaluation indicators and standardized operation paradigms summarized from this research can deliver replicable and scalable practical and theoretical support for the integrated advancement of youth international exchange programs nationwide.
A Comparative Study of the Systems of China-Russia Study Camp Education and Pathways for Alliance Construction ——An Empirical Analysis Based on Border Study Resources in Heilongjiang Province
Against the backdrop of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era, youth study exchanges have become a significant growth area in bilateral cultural cooperation. Through a systematic comparative analysis across five dimensions—institutional mechanisms, legislative safeguards, teacher training in normal universities and study instructors, funding and subsidy systems, and the number of camp bases—this study finds that Russia possesses the world’s most well-established legal framework and talent cultivation system for camp education. Its inventory of approximately 55,000 camps, federal-level legislative guarantees, and university-based instructor training programs significantly outpace those in China. Heilongjiang Province, as the forefront of China-Russia cooperation and a bridgehead for opening up to the north, boasts unique advantages including a 2,981 km border, 25 Class I ports open to Russia, and the distinctive "Five-Color" study resources. Building on this foundation, the paper proposes a "Five-Dimensional Synergy" pathway for constructing a China-Russia Study Camp Alliance: mechanism co-development, standard mutual recognition, instructor joint cultivation, resource sharing, and brand co-creation. This provides theoretical support and practical guidance for implementing the China-Russia Youth Friendship Declaration and deepening bilateral youth cultural exchanges.
From "The Forest Does Not Speak" to "The Forest Is the Classroom" ——Learning from German Forest Education Guidelines to Explore a PBL-Based Study Tour Curriculum System in the Age of AI
Current school-based study tours in China suffer from vague curriculum objectives, disconnection from national curriculum standards, and fragmented articulation across grade levels, while the rapid proliferation of AI has intensified the question of what makes education irreplaceable. This paper draws on Germany’s Waldpädagogik-Richtlinien (Forest Education Guidelines) as a reference framework, systematically analyzing its three core principles — experience-oriented learning, the multifunctional living space of forests, and age-inclusive yet risk-controlled participation — along with its transferable pedagogical toolkit. It argues that authentic forest experiences serve as a vital counterforce against “digital hollowing-out” in the AI era. Based on China’s Compulsory Education Curriculum Plan (2022 Edition) and related subject standards, this study designs a four-stage progressive PBL curriculum centered on “one tree” for Grades 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, and 7–9, integrating interdisciplinary content, coherent articulation across stages, and AI-enabled scaffolding. The paper concludes with practical recommendations for teacher preparation, site–curriculum alignment, portfolio-based assessment, and safety management, offering an actionable framework for frontline educators and curriculum developers.
Research on the Practical Path of In-depth Integration Between Red Study Tours and "Mobile Ideological and Political Courses" ——A Case Study of the Beidahuang Spirit Research Curriculum in Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province
The Outline of the Plan for Building a Strong Education Country (2024–2035) explicitly proposes to “expand practical education spaces and fully leverage the educational function of red resources,” requiring the exploration of an educational mechanism that coordinates in-class and after-class activities, integrates on-campus and off-campus efforts, and merges online and offline approaches. As the core carrier of the “walking ideological and political course,” red study tours are a key lever for achieving this strategic goal. This paper takes the premium route themed “Promoting the Spirit of Beidahuang Reclamation” at the Xingkai Lake Study Tour and Practice Education Camp in Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province, as an empirical sample. It systematically analyzes the practical explorations in curriculum standard alignment, objective stratification, process design, and evaluation system. The paper proposes that the deep integration of red study tours with the “walking ideological and political course” should focus on constructing a three-dimensional educational framework characterized by “political guidance, strategic anchoring, and people-centered rooting.” It also provides implementation suggestions from three dimensions: curriculum transformation, teacher collaboration, and evaluation coherence, aiming to offer replicable academic references for the high-quality development of red study tours in old revolutionary base areas and the old industrial bases of Northeast China.
walking ideological and political course
From Deficit Remediation to Competency Cultivation: The Construction of Localized Study Practice Courses Based on a Future-Oriented Competency Framework——A Case Study of the "Future Youth" Series in Heilongjiang Province
Contemporary adolescents face structural contradictions in digital life, including high cognitive levels but insufficient psychological resilience, strong information acquisition abilities but weak real-life connections, and adaptability to fast-paced living but difficulty persisting in long-term commitments. Study practice education can serve as a “social supply station” for these shortcomings. Based on the unique resources of Heilongjiang Province—extreme cold climate, black soil agriculture, industrial heritage, border landscapes, and ethnic minority cultures—this study applies experiential learning theory and psychological resilience research findings to construct a localized study course design framework centered on “four beams and eight pillars.” A three-dimensional evaluation scale and corresponding data analysis methods are also developed. Through pre- and post-test data comparison and behavioral event coding analysis of 178 junior high school students in the “Embrace Rejection” course, the effectiveness of this framework in enhancing students’ frustration tolerance was verified. The results indicate that this course framework can help promote the transformation of study practice education from experience-driven activities toward scientific curriculum systems.
From "Dopamine Traps" to "Endorphin-Driven Growth" ——Design Logic, Scientific Foundations and Heilongjiang Implementation Roadmap of Screen-Free Study Tour Camps
While school-based education remains preoccupied with examination scores, a generation of children is undergoing a silent neurological transformation driven by smartphone algorithms. Fragmented attention, cognitive echo chambers, and psychological fragility have become prevalent symptoms. The underlying mechanism lies in the systematic hijacking of the brain's dopamine reward circuitry by the infinite-scroll, instant-feedback design of short-video platforms and social media. Practice-oriented study travel, endowed with irreplaceable natural, physical, and authentic social environments beyond the reach of schools, is uniquely positioned to systematically extract children from the “low-resistance, high-stimulation” realm of virtual gratification and guide them into the “high-resistance, deep-engagement” channel of endorphin-driven flow experiences, thereby achieving genuine mental restoration and character foundation-building. This article clarifies the essential distinction between dopamine and endorphins from a neuroscientific perspective, proposes a curriculum architecture and design principles for “screen-free camps,” and, drawing on the forest, wetland, and agricultural resources of Heilongjiang Province, offers recommendations for pilot camp sites. It aims to provide practical references for practitioners in the field of study travel.
Ice Fun and Winter Joy: An Interdisciplinary Study Tour Practice on Border Snow and Ice for Junior High School Students
The border areas of Heilongjiang Province possess distinctive resources such as boundary lakes, snow and ice, and Sushen fishing-hunting culture. However, border study tours generally suffer from superficial sightseeing, disciplinary fragmentation, and vague stage-specific design, with most activities remaining at the level of landmark check-ins, failing to fully tap into their educational value. Mishan Blue Sky Experimental School, located on the China-Russia border, has leveraged local resources such as Xingkai Lake to create an interdisciplinary study tour system called “Ice Fun and Winter Joy.” Based on junior high school curriculum standards, the school has implemented practices from five aspects: institutional support, collaborative lesson preparation, three-dimensional curriculum, linkage of internal and external resources, and diversified evaluation. Using Xingkai Lake as an immersive study base, the school transforms static border and ice-snow resources into dynamic practical classrooms. This paper systematically elaborates on the design concepts, implementation paths, and educational outcomes of this curriculum system, providing a replicable practical sample for border junior high schools to develop interdisciplinary snow-and-ice study tour curricula.
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Career Guidance and Integration of Knowledge and Practice ——Research on the Integrated Development of Senior High School Study Tour Curriculum from the Perspective of Career Education
As a practical medium bridging classroom learning and real society, study tour education serves as the carrier of experiential learning, while career education acts as the core value that stimulates students’ self-awareness, vocational cognition and self-driven development awareness. There exists an inherent logical compatibility between the two: study tours supply authentic scenarios and experiential venues for career education, and career education endows study tours with directional guidance and developmental value. From a principal’s perspective and grounded in school realities, this paper takes diversified industrial study tour resources covering green food, traditional brewing, high-end equipment, rail transit, military heavy industry, special materials, intelligent manufacturing and time-honored brand innovation as the research object. It systematically elaborates the theoretical logic and practical strategies of empowering the development of study tour curriculum through career education from four dimensions: integrated connotation, practical dilemmas, path construction and practical reflection. This research constructs an integrated closed-loop system covering career objectives, curriculum content, implementation paths and evaluation mechanisms, offering theoretical references and practical models for the high-quality construction of study tour curricula in general senior high schools.