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ASSIGNMENT
. TOPIC: FIELD TRIP
Submitted by, Submitted to,Raji.R Jiby mam Reg:No:13350026
Natural Science.
Date: 03-08-2014
INDEX
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ADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGESCONCLUSIONREFERENCES
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INTRODUCTION
Field trips are highlight of the school year for most children.
Field trips are organized visits of teachers and students to
immediate or distant places to enrich the learning experience and
to further the instructional purpose of regular classroom
activities.
J.C Aggarwal (2003) describes that educational field trips are
also helpful forthe teachers to clarify, establish, co-relate and
co-ordinate, accurate concepts, interpretations and appreciations
and enables him to make learning more concreate , effective,
interesting, meaningful and vivid. Eric Powell describes that field
trips are vital for students to have a chance to view and explore
historical places and different social institutions.
Education is not confined to classroom teaching. Life in the
classroom can cover only a small part of occur total life. If
learning is to result in the total development of the learner. We
must go beyond our school walls into the community as to the
students and as working participants. Field trips provide
opportunities for learning through the use of many technics. It
stimulates interest and increase appreciation. It develops better
social awareness and social skills in pupils. Field trip provide
enough raw materials that would promote developments of senses,
knowledge, emotions and skills. Field trip helps in developing
various process skills among students. Process skills are thus
route by which children explore and gain evidence which they have
in developing ideas. Field trip make to teaching learning process
more interesting than classroom learning. The chief purpose of the
field trip is to give students, first hand information through
direct experience, that cannotbe satisfied in the four wall of the
classroom.
PURPOSE OF THE FIELD TRIP
Field trips must be planned in accordance with a schools
budget.
Schools have several things on their to do list that keep field
trips from
being the priority.
Field trips are most common in elementary schools.
In some cases, schools take trips without an academic focus.
Fieldtrips give students tangile and sometimes hands-on
experiences that
pertain to what they are learning in school.
A resourceful teacher willing to compaign to get what she wants
can get
al most any class out on at least one field trip in a year.
IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD TRIP
The importance of field trips includes giving students the
chance to build closer bonds with their classmates, experience new
environment and enjoy a day away from the classroom. It helps to
develop leadership qualities, promote co-operation, sense of
Discipline, increase confidence. Field trips give practical
approach to curriculum, promote self experience and increase
knowledge. Children have to learn to interest with people- then
classmates and others.
It can help students understand the information better.
They will have the opportunity to ask questions enhancing public
skills,
which often unnerve students.
ORGANISATION OF THE FIELD TRIP
Pick a plan to go to that is age appropriate. Meuseum are always
a good pick for field trips, both scientific and artistic, state
parks are another great pick for nature learning as are Zoos. Other
ideas can be local farms, factories and historical sites.
Apply for funding and approval from our school according to our
schools procedure for field trips. Once trip has been approved,
contact the educational co-ordinator at the chosen location and
make the appropriate arrangements many places offer packages for
large groups and schools, so our may be able to book a cheaper
trip. Find out what the location requires as for as providing food,
and any age requirement.
Write up an information that along with a permission slip for
children to have parents sign. Include on the form anything
children will noticed to bring, such as lunch, closetoed shoes or
school supplies.
Plan for transportation. Decide if we will need to rent a bus or
take public transportation. Divide the students in to groups ahead
of time based in who believe will be most well-behaved and get
along best in that particular group. Dont make groups any larger
than six or seven to each group. Keep the groups fairly small and
manageable. Make sure students are clear on the rules of saftly and
behavior before leaving for our trip. Give them a briefing on what
they will be doing for the day. Have rules set up for what is
acceptable behavior at site, lunchtime and anything that may be an
issue pertaining to an destination.
ADVANTAGES OF THE FIELD TRIP
The field trip will reinforce lessons to students learned from
the pre-teaching. Field trips provide an extent goal for students
to achieve by setting before them a culminating activity.
It helps to setting goals and achieving then will also boost the
students self confidence. It can strengthen a students skills by
providing a hands-on learning experience, while also providing a
life by memory. It helps to develop the complete personality of the
students like them physical, mental, social, emotional development.
It helps to develop the ability of obligation and leadership
qualities in students. This will help to establish discipline among
students which is not only beneficial for their educational level
as well as practical life. Field trips to help create a bond
between the students. Teacher and students get to interact in an
informal way that does not happen in the classroom. Field trips
helps in developing various process skills among students.
DISADVANTAGES OF THE FIELD TRIP
Field trip is that they take an incredible amount of
planning.
Parents may be nervous about the safety of their children.
Trip usually take a day at least, weak at most the classes
missed during
that trip represent a significant opportunity cost for other
teachers as well. The teachers and drivers are ultimately
responsible for the saftely if every Student at all times.
CONCLUSION
Field trip permits first hand study of many things that cannot
be brought in to the classroom because of size or in convenience.
It awakness many interests that classroom work cannot arouse. Field
trips tend to be much more meaningful and permit easier transfer of
learning to the solution of real life problems.
Field trip make the teaching-learning process more interesting
than classroom learning. The chief purpose of field trip is to give
students, first hand information through direct experience, that
cannot be satisfied in the four wall of the classroom. Field trip
helps in developing various process skills among students.
REFERENCE
1) Aggarval .J.C (2007), Teaching of science, Calicut university
central Co-operative stores.2) www.ehow.com/facts-html3)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/field-trip.4)ww.ehow.com/how-6509004-organize-field
trip.html
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