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FIELD TRIP

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DR. MAHESWARI [email protected]

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DEFINITION• Field trip is an educational

procedure by which the learners obtain first hand information by observing places, objects, phenomena and processes in their natural setting.

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PURPOSES

• To provide real life situations for first hand information.

• To supplement class room instructions.

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• To serve as a pre view of a lesson and gather instructional material.

• To verify previous information, class discussion & to conclude individual experience.

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• To create situational teaching for cultivating observation, keenness and discovery.

• To serve as a means to develop positive attitudes, values and specific skills.

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GUIDELINES FOR

USING FIELD TRIP AS A TEACHING

METHOLOGY

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• The field trip must be planned to meet specific educational objectives rather than mearly a picnic activity.

• Plan field trip with a specific checklist (permission, transport, booking boarding, parental notification, safety & emergency arrangements).

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• Plan a schedule & route plan for the field trip. Identify leaders & sub leaders.

• Assign responsibilities to individuals and make them understand their role.

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• Have list of all candidates, contact numbers of people to be contacted in case of emergency & special needs.

• Submit report on field visit and analyse.

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• POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE A FIELD TRIP

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DEVELOP A PLAN FOR LEARNING FROM FIELD

TRIPS

• What will be learned?

• What teaching method will be used?

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IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FIELD TRIPS

• Look for the places that match learning, its relevance, affordability & feasibility.

• Places of visit could be sewage treatment plant, pollution control board.

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CONTACT WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY• Obtain written permission from

relevant authorities. ( Fee charges, guide for visits & state visit objectives).

• Fix the visit dates well in advance & include it in the time table.

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ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION

• Arrange bus or van or cars according to the number of students.

• Fix and communicate the time for departure from the college or the start point & communicate the same to the students.

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PLANNING & ORGANIZING

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TAKE ESSENTIALS REQUIRED FOR FIELD TRIP• The student should have diary,

pen to record the observations made in the field trip.

• Other resources like, camera,money, clothing are to be planned.

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TO A NATURAL SETTING

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TO DISTANT MEDOWES

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FISHING OUT

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TO AN INDUSTRY

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TO A FOREST

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TO A MUSEUM

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TO THE WOODS

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TO A FARM

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TO A ZOO

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ADVANTAGES• Field trip enriches the

classroom learning.

• Fiel trips provide an opportunity to the learners to get first hand information from natural settings.

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• The monotony and boredom of classroom teaching is eliminated through field trips.

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Fiel trip gives natural stimulation and motivates the learner to be more interactive and creative.

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• Field trips help learners learn things very quickly and remember them for longer of time.

• It provides an opportunity to solve the individual's problems by interacting with a group in a natural seting.

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DISADVANTAGES • If the field trip is not planned

well with specific learning objectives it will result in wastage of teaching learning resources.

• Field trips are expensive.

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• Safety and security of the students is a real concern.

• If the sought permission is not got, the scheduled plan of the curriculum suffers.

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THANK YOU