Field Trip Learning
Introduced in 1827 by George Shill beer
Field trip is defined as a course-related activity that
serves educational purposes and occurs outside of the classroom at a location
other than on the campus at which the course is regularly taught. A field trip
is a visit to a place outside the regular classroom.
Normally if we take in the consideration of field trip
learning, it can be applied to any form of valuable learning taking place
beyond the class room setting. For instance, learning of poetry in an English
classroom will enhance students’ approach in hands to eyes coordination for
useful retention of knowledge. Because poetry teaching is a very vivid
justification of reality for students to learn so field trip learning is one
such base for keen learning.
Features of field trip
Since field trip is an excitement
factor for the students to learn and explore outside the classroom setting it:
• Facilitate
the learning of abstract concepts.
• Motivate
students through increased interest and curiosity.
• Increases
student-student and student-teacher social interaction
•
Develops social awareness.
Types of Field learning
• Instructional learning
-
designed to allow the students to
achieve specific course objectives
• School contests or festivals
-
Extra campus activity, which
provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate knowledge and skills
developed through subject area instruction. Contests, competitions, festivals,
or evaluations may involve teams of students outside the classroom.
• Motivational learning trips
- Extra-campus activity, which is not a part of a scheduled
class. It provides a motivational incentive for the school, club, group, or
class and is related to improving the school climate.
Purpose
• Hand
on experiences
• cooperative
learning
• explore
new environment
• building
back ground knowledge
• anticipation
• facing
the real world
• Enriches
the lives and experiences of the students by taking class rote learning in to
the real world.
Principles
• An
atmosphere of intellectual excitement
• Intensive
research and knowledge transfer culture permeating all teaching and learning
activities.
• A vibrant and embracing social context
• An interactive and culturally diverse learning environment.
• Explicit concern and supports for individual development.
• Learning cycles of experimentation, feedback and assessment.
• Structuring and integrating
•
Freedom for experiment with
knowledge without the educational process in its entirety.
Procedure
1. Identify objectives and plans of
evaluation for field learning.
2. Logistics planning.
3. Field trip preparation/per-trip
discussion.
4. During the trip (Dos and don’ts
are the most valid components)
5. after the trip
6. Evaluating field trip
Advantage
• better
grade and understanding
• exposure
to new thing
• new
learning environment
• real
life experience hands on learning
• team
building
•
it enhance the culture exchange
Disadvantage
• Planning
• Organization
•
Behavior rules and structure
Role of a teacher
• To
select the site
• Act
as facilitator
• make
necessary arrangements
• Transportation
issues
• Budget
and food
•
Necessary medication
Role of the students
·
Active participation
·
have to be a good listener
·
should be corporate
·
behave properly
My Personal View
This field trip learning I found it
as a most interesting strategy as it expose the learner in to new learning
environment, enhance the cultural exchange, motivates the learners.
I think this field learning strategy
is more applicable in history and science subject.
