Educational Fieldtrip

EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP

Ø  Field studies as a teaching approach is an out of the classroom teaching activity to introduce pupils/students to the environment which is the most natural and realistic manner. Its take the learner where growth and development abound or a place where natural phenomena occur.

The rational of field education trip is:

1) To observe living organism in their natural environment.

2) To see the actual operations of deferent mechanical devices and machines utilized in industrial plants.

3) To familiarize oneself w/ various community resources as primary sources of important information that can be used in school and at home.

4) To interview authorities and experts in their areas of operation and field of interest.

5) To strengthen ones skill in observing occurrences through the use of all the senses.

       In field studies pupils/students are provided opportunities to cultivate values such as cooperation respect for the rights of others, proper behavior and decorum, patience, and self possession.

In field educational tour, places worth visiting are:

1) Laboratory facilities and industrial sites of science and technology institution.

2) Planetarium

3) Aquarium, Aviary

4) Zoological and botanical gardens

5) Morabilia of great leaders and heroes

6) Art gallery and exhibits

7) Broadcast centers

8) Theater and cultural centers

9) Historic sites, monuments, important landmarks

10) Churches and old building and historic markers.

In planning the field trip, the following guidelines should be observed:

1) The teacher should make preliminary arrangement w/ official at the destination sites.

2) The teacher should make final arrangement w/ school officials as to the liability coverage, absence of pupils/students and other matters.

3) The teacher should state and classify the objectives of the field trip.

4) The teacher should prepare guide sheets for the members of the class about the trip and handed to them before the trip.

5) The teacher should be solely responsible for the observation during the trip.

6) The teacher should write a letter of thanks and appreciation to the officials of places/sites visited.