Making the most community in field trip
- 1. “ Field trip offer an excellence bridge between the work of the school and the work of the world outside. “
- 2. Planning a Field trip 1.Preliminary planning by the teacher 2.Preplanning with others going on the fieldtrip 3.Taking the Field trip Itself 4.Post-Field trip follow up activities.
- 3. For preliminary planning by the teacher, 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: tike schedule, transportation, arrangements, finances, and permission slip from parents. • Make a tentative route plan, subject to later alteration based on class planning and objectives. • Try to work out mutually satisfactory arrangement with other teachers if the trip will conflict with their classes. • Prepare preliminary list of question or other materials. Which will be helpful in planning in planning with the students. • Preplanning the students joining the trip. • Discuss the objectives of the trip and write them down. The main objective should be consulted later when the trip is evaluated.
- 5. • Prepare a list of question 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. Comfortable shoes are important. • Before the trip, use a variety of learning materials in order to give each student a background for the trip.
- 6. Other people accompanying the group need to be oriented on the objectives, route, behavior standards required of everyone so they can help enforce those these standards. These may be parents who will assist the teacher, other teacher and/or school administrator staff.
- 7. TAKING THE FIELD TRIP Distribute route map of places to be observed Upon arriving at the destination, teacher should check the group and introduce the guide.
- 8. Special effort should be made to ensure that : The trip keeps to the time schedule. The students have the opportunity to obtain answer to question. The group participate courteously. The guide stick closely to the list of question.
- 9. Could the same benefits be achieved by other materials? Was it worth the time, effort, and perhaps extra money? Were they any unexpected problems which could be foreseen another time? Were this due to guides, students, poor planning, or unexpected trip conditions? Were new interest developed? Should the trip be recommended to other classes studying similar topic?
- 10. Educational benefits derived from a field trip 1. Fieldtrips are opportunities for rich and memorable experiences which are fundamental to learning that last. 2. Fieldtrips bring us to world beyond the classroom. 3. Field 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. Field trip can nurture curiosity; built a zest for new experience. And as sense of wonder ( Dale, 1969). • A school for the blind • An automobile factory • A museum
- 11. Disadvantage of fieldtrips 1.It is costly 2.It involves logistics 3.It is extravagant with time 4.Contains of elements in uncertainty
- 12. Community Resources A field trip may be a visit to a scenic spot or to a historical place. What community resources can we use for learning? These can be persons and places in the community. As to places to visit, popular destinations are museums, zoos, botanical gardens, historical places, place of exhibits, scenic spots. Performances like a play, a concert, and a dance presentations also form part of community resources.
- 13. Public libraries and private libraries (some private schools, colleges, and universities allow outsiders to research in their libraries on special arrangements) can also be community learning resources.