Feel the succession and restoration of forests and biodiversity in the mountains, experience the effort and harvest brought by labor in the fields, and explore the mystery and magic of science in the Science and Technology Museum... With the advent of summer, the popularity of research trips has increased. Research and study travel theme forums are held in many places across the country, high-quality research and study travel routes are released, or relevant policies and regulations are issued.

Research travel is connected to education at one end and cultural tourism at the other. The quality of its development not only determines the development prospects of this tourism segment, but also has an important impact on the participants of the "practice class". The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security recently announced to the society a new occupation - research travel instructor, which has pushed the popularity of research travel to a new climax. Under the leadership of the research travel instructor, "reading thousands of books" and "walking thousands of miles" meet and merge, creating a "walking practice class" for the children.

Although the research travel instructor is a new profession, the research travel industry has been developing for a long time.

As early as 2013, the State Council issued the "Outline of National Tourism and Leisure (2013-2020)" for the first time to mention research travel.

In August 2014, the State Council clearly stated in the "Several Opinions on Promoting the Reform and Development of Tourism" that "research travel" should be included in the daily education of primary and secondary school students.

In December 2016, eleven departments including the Ministry of Education jointly issued the "Opinions on Promoting Research and Study Travel for Primary and Secondary School Students", proposing that research travel should be included in the education and teaching plans of primary and secondary schools, and the construction of research and study travel bases should be strengthened. "Previously, the development of the research travel industry was more of a 'bottom-up' scattered exploration, and the number of policies based on top-level design was still relatively limited. The development of research and study travel has entered the fast lane from top to bottom." Wang Lilong, deputy dean of the School of Life Sciences of Anhui Normal University, told a reporter from China Environment News.

With the rapid development of research travel, more and more people from the education and cultural tourism circles have begun to pay attention to and enter this industry, which has promoted the development of research travel instructors.

What new needs are based on that, which prompted the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security to include research travel instructors in the new version of the National Occupational Classification Ceremony? Han Xin, director of the Education Standards Professional Committee of the China Education Development Strategy Society, told reporters, "The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced the new occupation of research travel instructors, first of all, based on a more objective and accurate reflection of the actual situation of the current social and occupational development; Staff engaged in Chinese off-campus education provide good conditions for employment and entrepreneurship; finally, with the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, it is necessary to establish the occupational attributes of personnel engaged in research travel and to define occupational work tasks."

"The emergence of research and study tour instructors is also conducive to solving the problem of serious lack of practical education in China's current basic education." Wang Lilong added that the traditional test-oriented education teaching form is single, which is not conducive to the physical and mental development of young people and the cultivation of practical ability. It is not conducive to the development of the country's demand for innovative talents. To solve the problems faced by China's practical education, it is not realistic to rely on school teachers or practitioners in the tourism industry. The emergence of research travel instructors is also in line with the needs of the development of the times.

Wang Lilong said that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has standardized and listed research travel instructors as a new profession, which means that the state officially provides identity certificates for research travel practitioners, which is conducive to enhancing their professional pride. This has great practical significance for industry practitioners, not only providing them with more new employment opportunities, but also laying a solid talent foundation for the high-quality development of research travel.

What does the specific work of a research travel instructor include? In the announcement issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, a research travel instructor is defined as a person who plans, formulates and implements research travel plans, and organizes and guides the development of research experience activities. For Zhang Huichen, who has been engaged in research and practice activities for many years and is in charge of Xi'an New Future Labor Education Research Practice Base, the research travel instructor has a deeper understanding.

"The research travel instructor undertakes the transition from the first classroom (classroom teaching) to the second classroom (extracurricular activities), and implements the third classroom (practical teaching) education." Zhang Huichen has led young people to participate in research activities many times, he told A reporter from China Environment News, one of the activities that impressed him the most was at the Base Farming Culture Museum, where the students carefully observed and discussed traditional farming tools. During this process, he kept asking questions and set up a wealth of practical activities to guide them to understand the difference between the efficiency of traditional farming tools and modern technological machinery. The children learned about the history of China's agricultural development through exploration and established a correct concept of labor.

"In the research activities, we are the guides, and the children are the main body of learning. Through the 'walking classroom' of research trips, the instructors entertain the children's book knowledge by walking and learning, and improve the learning experience. To make it fully integrated, make it a means for children to apply what they have learned and an important life experience, further enhance their awareness of knowledge and collective sense of honor, and help them establish a correct outlook on life, values and morals.”

What is the difference between a research travel guide and a tour guide? Sun Yu, a research travel instructor at the Yinchuan Comprehensive Practice Base in Ningxia, gave the answer. "Research travel instructors are more like a combination of teachers and tour guides. They need to have educational knowledge, emergency rescue capabilities, and tour guide-like ability to control the field and explain knowledge. In addition, the cultivation of students' psychological quality and the concept of psychological counseling education also Need to have." Sun Yu said that in the past, as a tour guide, you only needed to explain the scenery and humanities, but when you study, you should focus on the knowledge of vegetation, topography, building mechanics, etc., and more importantly, you need to study objects of different ages. Take a different approach. In the process of research travel, the instructor is not only the transmitter of knowledge, but also the supporter, collaborator and guide of the students.

With the advancement of the "double reduction" policy, research trips have been favored by more parents, and allowing students to live a colorful summer vacation is the most fulfilling place for Sun Yu. For students who have completed the research tour, although the scenery is the same, the research tour instructor and tour guide are different, and the former can bring a different rich experience.

"You may only be able to see the scenery when you travel, and the tour guide can only explain it. We will walk around and have a look, but here we can learn some self-care skills in life." The students who participated in the research and study tour said.

"There are also many gentle instructors here, who explained a lot of knowledge to us and were very happy with the harvest." Another student added.

According to practitioners’ research and practice activities, it can be seen that research trips are not simply stacking tourism resources, nor do they teach children in a different place. Think about it, travel for something."

At present, what are the employment prospects of research travel instructors? According to the "China Research and Study Travel Development Report 2021" released by the China Tourism Academy, in the past three years, the number of research and study enterprises in existence has soared, reaching more than 30,000 in 2021.

Wang Lilong told reporters, "Talents are an important bottleneck restricting the development of the industry. The most in short supply in the industry is research and study tour instructors, and the employment prospects are very broad. After the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security classified it as a new occupation, it increased the social visibility of this occupation. It will help to further promote the training of research travel instructors."

According to Wang Lilong, nearly 100 colleges and universities across the country have set up research travel management and service majors. The research travel talents graduated from these colleges and universities will become the most important professionals in China's research travel industry in the future. These educational actions will help To promote the coordinated development of industries, enterprises and institutions. At the same time, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism adopted a three-level qualification certificate grading system for the acquisition of research travel instructor certificates in the early stage. These classifications will help improve the differentiation and standardized development of research travel professionals.

Although the current research travel is very popular and there is a large shortage of instructors, there are still some drawbacks in the research travel market.

"Currently, there is a common phenomenon in the research travel market that people do not study, and research travel has become an ordinary sightseeing tour. Moreover, the epidemic has also brought a certain impact to the research travel market." Wang Lilong told reporters that the underlying reason is that most research travel The activities lack scientific and standardized course content, nor a standard research travel base, and there is a lack of qualified research travel tutors who can execute research travel courses.

In this regard, Wang Lilong said that in order to improve the shortcomings of the current research travel market, it is necessary to increase investment and guidance in research travel courses, bases and instructors, and promote the standardized and scientific development of the research travel market.

In the context of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, if the research travel industry wants to flourish, what should institutions and instructors do? Wang Lilong said that under this background, research travel agencies and instructors are a community with a shared future, and they cannot passively wait, rely, and demand. The two should take the initiative to take advantage of existing conditions to gradually organize some small-scale, city (district, and city) activities. The short-distance research and study travel activities in the county) are the conditions and atmosphere for the development of research and study travel creativity.

"Although the epidemic has brought a certain impact to the research industry, it has also provided a time and opportunity for the rapid and disorderly development of research travel in the early stage to think about improving the quality and avoiding shortages." Wang Lilong said that the research travel industry should make good use of it. During this period, the connotation construction has been strengthened, and more investment has been made in the design of research travel curriculum standards, the construction of research travel bases, and the training of research travel talents.

"Research travel instructors must make full use of the relatively free time opportunities, constantly enrich and improve their professional skills, and constantly demand themselves with higher goals, so that they can show their talents in the post-epidemic era and make contributions to the development of China's research travel industry. Greater contribution." Wang Lilong added.

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