Holy Spirit College
History Study Tours
Mr Fryday's passion for educational travel began in 2010 after a Study Tour to the Gallipoli Peninsula with the University of Wollongong. This experience confirmed his desire to enter the classroom. Since his commitment to provide students with exceptional educational experiences, he has taken student groups to Cambodia, Turkey and Western Europe primarily for historical tours. Words cannot quite capture the satisfaction of watching a group of students undertake both a physical and academic journey that sees them grow as learners to understand the historical and cultural significance of the ground on which they stand.
Pre-Departure Program
Each tour comes with a program of pre-departure seminars that focus on academically and emotionally preparing students to travel. All of the tours include a dense and varied history, and to hear it all for the first time while on the ground is simply too overwhelming. Most of the narrative history is presented to the students so they can begin to digest and unpack the content before they see historical sites, so they may begin to piece together complex ideas in the moment, rather than solely having to reflect retrospectively.
The pre-departure program includes a variety of content, including the following:
Introductory general histories of the countries visited and contemporary social information.
Research skills in history and historiography. So students can prepare valuable contributions to the tour group's understanding.
Tour specific narrative-based history of the sites to be visited.
Guest lectures from higher-education academics in their fields of expertise (when available).
A booklet of recommended readings
A custom designed journal that includes maps, important images and information that will serve as a writing and reflection companion.
Check out the below clips to hear from Mr Fryday's former lecturers from the University of Wollongong and their insights on educational travel:
Dr Jen Roberts and Professor John McQuilton share their insights on student experience on study tours.
Both have run a number of study tours to both Gallipoli, and the Western Front through UOW.