Educational trips at home and abroad Opinions of teachers of Eastern Attica Secondary Education schools

Educational trips are part of experiential learning and act as a supplement to the educational process. Their presence offers multi-layered benefits to the educational community. The present paper, with reference to learning and the benefits of experiential learning, aims to ad hoc investigate the benefits of educational trips, both at home and abroad.The positive results of the field trips are recorded and their added value to the educational community (teachers and students) is presented. At the same time, difficulties and problems of their implementation are identified and, in conclusion, proposals are formulated for a more successful and safer conduct of educational excursions.The paper lists the results of the research in relation to the benefits-difficulties-suggestions, which was carried out in the school year 2023-2024 on a sample of 95 secondary education teachers (High School-High School) of the schools of Eastern Attica.