It is a 21st century alternative to traditional school trip destinations such as zoos, farms and museums that is increasingly in vogue with Scottish teachers.
Apple, one of the world’s leading technology firms, is being inundated with requests from schools for places at free workshops in its high-street stores.
The initiatives, known as Field Trips, have been quietly gaining traction among educationalists eager to supplement traditional learning in classrooms.
Such is their popularity, the latest six-week batch of sessions at Apple’s flagship store in Glasgow city centre, were fully booked up in the space of four hours, with some schools waiting for up to two-and-a-half years for a slot.
Teachers signed up with the enterprise have hailed it as a great way of “democratising” learning and bolstering the creativity and self-esteem of pupils outside a classroom environment.
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