Making
the most of Community Resources and Field Trips
The
teachers, comments given above indicate failure of the field trips conducted.
This is definitely the consequence of no planning or if ever there was,
planning was done poorly.
What procedure must we follow to avoid he failed study trips described above?
Let’s plan.
Planning a field trip includes these steps:
1) preliminary planning
by the teacher
2) preplanning with others going on the trip, and
3) taking the
field trip itself and
4) post-field trip follow up activities.
For
preliminary planning by the teachers, Brown (1969) proposes the following:
· Make
preliminary contacts, a tour on final arrangements with the place to be
visited.
· Make
final arrangements with the school principal about the details of the trip:
time, schedule, transportation arrangements, finances, and permission slips
from parents.
· Make
a tentative route mutually satisfactory arrangements with other teachers if the
trip will conflict with their classes.
· Prepare
preliminary list of questions or other materials which will be helpful in
planning with the students.
Preplanning
with students joining the trip
· Discuss
the objectives of the trip and write them down.
· Prepare
a list of questions to send ahead to the guide of the study trip.
· Define
safety and behavior standards for the journey there and for the field trip site
itself.
· Discuss
and decide on ways to document the trip. Everyone is expected to take notes.
· List
specific objects to be seen on their way to the site, on the site of the field
trip and on their way home from the site.
· Discuss
appropriate dress.
· Before
the trip, use a variety of learning materials in order to give each student a
background for the trip.
Taking the Field Trip
Taking the Field Trip
· Distribute
route map of places to observed.
· Upon
arriving at the destination, teacher should check the group and introduce the
guide.
· Special
effort should be made to ensure that:
- The
trip keeps to the time schedule
- The
students have the opportunity to obtain answers to questions
- The
group participates courteously in the entire trip
- The
guide sticks closely to the list of questions.
Evaluating
Field Trip
These are questions we can ask ourselves after the field trip to evaluate the
field trip we just had.
· Could
the same benefits be achieved by other materials? Was it worth the time,
effort, and perhaps, extra money?
Were
there any unexpected problems which could be foreseen another time? Were these
due to guides, students, poor planning, or unexpected trip conditions?
Were
new interests developed?
Should
the trip be recommended to other classes studying similar topics?
Educational
Benefits Derived from a Field Trip
Field trips can be fun and educational when they are well executed. They offer
us a number of educational benefits:
1.
The acquisition of lasting concepts and change in attitudes are rooted on
concrete and rich experiences.
2.
Field trip bring us to the world beyond the classroom.
3.
Filed trips have a wide range of application.
4.
It can bring about a lot of realization which may lead to changes in attitudes
and insights.
Disadvantages
of Field Trips
These educational benefits can compensate for the drawbacks of field trips, some
of which are: 1) it is costly, 2) it involves logistics, 3) it is extravagant
with time, and 4) contains of element of uncertainly.
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