Making the most of community resources and field
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This document discusses planning for and conducting effective field trips. It recommends that teachers: 1) make preliminary arrangements with locations and get permission; 2) prepare students by discussing objectives, safety and expectations; and 3) follow up after with reflective activities. When done correctly, field trips provide rich, memorable experiences that help concepts stick and change attitudes by connecting learning to the real world across subjects. However, they require more effort and resources than classroom learning. With proper planning, field trips can be educationally beneficial experiences for students.
Making the most of community resources and field
- 1. Making The Most of Community Resources and Field Trips Prepared by: Michelle H. Mantana BEED II-B
- 2. 1.)Preliminary planning by the teacher 2.)Pre-planning with others going on the trip 3.)Taking the field trip itself 4.)Post-field trip follow up activities
- 3. For preliminary planning by the teacher, Brown (1969) proposes the ff. 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 plan, subject to later alteration based on class planning and objectives. Try to work out mutually satisfactory arrangements with other teachers if the trip will conflict with their classes. Prepare preliminary lists of questions or other materials which will be helpful in planning with the students.
- 4. Pre-planning with others going on 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. Comfortable shoes for walking are important. Before the trip, use a variety of learning materials in order to give each student a background for the trip.
- 5. Distribute route map of places to be 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 oppurtunity to obtain answers to questions -the group participates courteously in the entire trip -the guide sticks closely to the list of questions.
- 6. These are questions we can ask 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 ?
- 7. 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. Acquisition of lasting concepts and change in attitudes are rooted on concrete and rich experiences.Field trips are oppurtunities for rich and memorable experiences which are fundamental to learning that lasts. 2. Field trips bring us to the world beyond the classroom.The real-world connection is more work but the benefits of broadening teaching beyond textbooks far outweigh the little bit of time it takes from a teacher`s schedule.
- 8. 3. Field trips have a wide range of application. It is not only meant for children. It is for adults also. It is not only meant for the social science subjects. It is for all other subjects as well. 4. The field trip ‘‘can nurture curiosity; build a zest for new experiences, and a sense of wonder.’’
- 9. It is costly It involves logistics It is extravagant with time Contains an element of uncertainty
- 10. These can be persons and places in the community.