ANANDGOWDA.S ASST.PROF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING YENEPOYA NURSING COLLEGE, MANGALURU

1. FIELD TRIP

4. 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.

5. PURPOSES
• To provide real life situations for first hand
information.
• To supplement class room instructions.
• To serve as a preview of a lesson and
gather instructional material.
• To verify previous information, class
discussion & to conclude individual
experience.

6. • To create situational teaching for
cultivating observation, keenness
and discovery.
• To serve as a means to develop
positive attitudes, values and
specific skills.

7. GUIDELINES FOR
USING FIELD TRIP AS A
TEACHING
METHODOLOGY

8. • The field trip must be planned to meet
specific educational objectives rather than
merely a picnic activity.
• Plan field trip with a specific checklist
(permission, transport, booking boarding,
parental notification, safety & emergency
arrangements).
• Plan a schedule & route plan for
the field trip. Identify leaders & sub
leaders.

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

10. • POINTS TO BE
CONSIDERED
BEFORE A
FIELD TRIP

11. DEVELOP A PLAN FOR
LEARNING FROM FIELD
TRIPS
• What will be learned?
• What teaching method will be
used?

12. 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
etc.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. PLANNING & ORGANIZING

16. 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.

17. TO A NATURAL SETTING

18. FISHING OUT

19. TO AN INDUSTRY

20. TO A FOREST

21. TO A MUSEUM

22. TO A FARM

23. TO A ZOO

24. ADVANTAGES
• Field trip enriches the classroom
learning
• Field trips provide an opportunity to the learners
to get first hand information from natural
settings.
• The monotony and boredom of classroom
teaching is eliminated through field trips.

25. • Field trip gives natural stimulation and
motivates the learner to be more interactive
and creative.
• 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 setting.

26. 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.
• safety and security of the students is a
real concern.
• if the sought permission is not got, the
scheduled plan of the curriculum suffers.

27. THANK YOU