Making the Most of CommunityResources and Field Trips

•What is Field Trip?• Steps in Planning a Field Trip

o Preliminary Planning by the teacher By Brown (1969) proposes the: For preplanning with students joining the trip For preplanning with others joining the trip Taking the Field Trip

• Educational Benefits Derived from a Field Trip•Disadvantages of Field Trips•Community Resources• Evaluating Field Trip

WHAT IS FIELD TRIP?

These are excursions, educational trips, and visit conducted to observe an event that is unavailable within the classroom.

STEPS IN PLANNING A FIELD TRIP

1. Preliminary planning by the teacher2. Preliminary planning with others going on the trip, and3. Taking the field trip itself, and4. Post-field trip follow up activities.

PRELIMINARY PLANNING BY THE TEACHER,

BROWN (1969)• 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 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 help in planning with the students.

• 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.• List specific objects to be seen on their way to the site.• Discuss appropriate dress.• Before the trip, use a variety of learning materials in

order to give each student a background for trip.

Preliminary with students joining the trip

Other people accompanying the group need to be oriented on the objectives, route, behavior standards required of everyone so they can help enforce these standards. These may be:• Parents who will assist the teachers,• Other teachers and/or;• School administrator staff

Preliminary with others joining the trip

• 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:

Taking the Field Trip

The trip keeps to the time scheduleThe students have the opportunity to obtain answers to

questionsThe group participates courteously in the entire tripThe guide sticks closely to the list of questions.

EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM A FIELD TRIP1. 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. Field trip have a wide range of application.4. It can bring about a lot of realizations which may lead to

changes in attitudes and insights.

DISADVANTAGES OF FIELD TRIP

1. It is costly2. It involves logistics3. It is extravagant with time, and4. Contains an element of uncertainly

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

• The parents of the students• A dentist• A journalist• A dynamic• A senior citizen• A barangay captain

EVALUATING FIELD TRIP

• 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?

Questions to evaluate the field trip: