2. OBJECTIVES
• Know the nature and purpose of Field Study
• Identify the Advantages and Challenges of Field Study
• Design a lesson plan using a Field Study
3. INTRODUCTION
• Teacher Cora was thinking of a suitable teaching strategy for her
discussion on inflation. She thought that this topic should be
discussed in an authentic way because this is a very useful concept
that her pupils might use all throughout their lives. Moreover she
also thought that when pupils are involved in any classroom
experience it encourages lifelong learning. After a long self
deliberation employ a field study.
9. THINK
• Field studies are learning experiences outsides the four conners of
the classroom. Field studies enable the learners to personally
gather and analyze data in their own context. In a nutshell, Field
studies provide learning experiences that transcend a regular
classroom through direct experiences and observation. Field trips
can be done within the school campus the school vicinity in a
local museum and many other places which last several hours.
10. • During field studies, learning takes place in a reality based
context rather than mediated by videos or books. It gives
the learners a taste of the outside world which allows
them to clearly see what happens in their community. The
optimum benefit of field studies for teacher is that it
allows the learners to target a wide range of learning
competencies. It also allows teacher to employ authentic
tasks that are reflective of the curriculum.
11. • Field studies are beneficial to both teachers. For student,
It creates learning opportunities that promote critical
thinking. Long term retention, positive attitudes toward
subject appreciation and increase curiosity. Moreover
cognitive developments and student motivation are also
enhanced because they become they become active
participants in planning up to the activity it self.
12. WHY USE FIELD STUDIES?
• It provides experiential learning – Field studies offer an
opportunity to witness object and events not accessible at
school.
• It targets specific skills and knowledge – Being able to
experience things provides learners an opportunity to
practices skills and appreciate values that cannot surface
elsewhere.
13. • It strengthens schema – The experiences in the field
stimulate higher understanding and appreciation of
previously learned concepts by means od validation.
• It motivates values development – Exposure to a
phenomenon stimulates appreciation and concern for the
event or place.
14. CHALLENGENS IN FIELD STUDIES
• Curriculum Alignment – One of the most defeated purposes of
field trips is its curricular relevance. Sometimes if not most of the
time, the curriculum aspects is replaced by leisure engagement .
• Lack of Understanding of Field studies – Before conducting the
activity, teachers must ensure that their learners have fully
understood the nature and purpose of the field study.
15. • Costly – Financial requisite is the biggest problem in this teaching
strategy. This is also the reason why teacher tend to engage in
virtual field trips rather than actual site visits.
• Preparation Time – Field studies require much time from
preparation up to classroom discussion and assessment. While it
is very important, It is also a fact that it could interrupt other
teaching schedules.
• Safety. This is the most debated issue, among other. In recent
years we had witnessed various events where student safety
become the talk of the town
16. What to keep in mind when planning and doing field
studies
• Awareness – In a starter kit teachers basically have to condition
the learners before the actual visit. Teacher need to point out the
purpose the dos and don’ts during the visit and most importantly,
the assessment part.
• Engage – The most significant factor that teacher need to
highlight is student involvement .They have to plan out every
detail and experience that the learners need to undergo through.
• Metacognitive Learning – The excitement should not stop on the
site visit it self, The most important part still is the deepening and
valuing of knowledge and skills learned from experiences.
17. • Build Upon – Curiosity signals effective and motivational learning
to start up the curiosity among the learner, teacher must conduct
prior research on the environment or event that they have to visit.
• Illustrate. Never fail to integrate ideas in real life. The integration
could happen during the on site visit or inside the classroom
.Experiential learning becomes more effective when it is place on
the reality context.
• Assess – As part of the educative process it is relevant to ensure
that the learners have gained the desired competencies and
knowledge.
18. FIELD STUDY TOOL KIT
• The success of any activity greatly depends on the extent
of the teachers preparation. As eeriler mentiomed, wild
stades a themes together mation for classroom activities
or discussion. Hence, tuchers must know how to their
own data-gathering tools to be sad by their leamers Here
are examples of duta-gathering took and data
interpretation tools.
19. DATA GATHERING CHART
Location
Iream is house exterior view,
section of lanchcape, etc.)
Observation
Jartifact, isual detail spatial
isletionships of specific
elements,etc.
Why significant or noteworthy
Ginko to lageret Rev time
frame of ongration?
Contradicts stabons? Denotes
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