Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki

Previously: Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki

ISSN: 1644-0501     eISSN: 2353-3188    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/ept.2015.3.31-04
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Issue archive / nr 3 (31) 2015
Preparing a Preschool Age Child for Tourism and Local History Exploration

Authors: Katarzyna Wojciechowska
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
Keywords: tourism in kindergarten field trip as a type of tourism preschool-aged child
Data publikacji całości:2015
Page range:12 (75-86)
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Abstract

In preschool education the process of preparing a child for the future role of a tourist is of great importance. The way attitude towards tourism and the knowledge of local history is shaped in kindergarten, will decide upon intensity and value of adult generations’ tourism. The process of initiating tourism-related activity and interest in the surrounding cultural, natural and social reality takes place mainly when children participate in field trips. The article presents excursion’s role in shaping a tourist behaviour in child’s comprehensive development. The analysis of a survey conducted among teachers and parents has been made in order to assess the respondents’opinions on the conditions and the importance of organizing trips in the development of social, cognitive, emotional and health areas of a child’s personality as well as child’s commitment and preparation for tourism.
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