This document discusses field trips as an educational teaching methodology. It defines a field trip as allowing learners to obtain first-hand information by observing real-world places, objects, and phenomena. The purposes of field trips are to provide real-life learning experiences, supplement classroom instruction, gather materials, and develop skills and positive attitudes. The document provides guidelines for effective planning of field trips, including having clear educational objectives, permissions, transportation, schedules, responsibilities, and conducting follow-up analyses. Both the advantages of enriching learning and the disadvantages around costs and safety are noted.

1. DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR
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3. 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.

4. PURPOSES
• To provide real life situations
for first hand information.
• To supplement class room
instructions.

5. • To serve as a pre view 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
METHOLOGY

8. • 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).

9. • Plan a schedule & route plan
for the field trip. Identify
leaders & sub leaders.
• Assign responsibilities to
individuals and make them
understand their role.

10. • 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.

11. • POINTS TO BE
CONSIDERED
BEFORE A
FIELD TRIP

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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. PLANNING & ORGANIZING

17. 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.

18. TO A NATURAL SETTING

19. TO DISTANT MEDOWES

20. FISHING OUT

21. TO AN INDUSTRY

22. TO A FOREST

23. TO A MUSEUM

24. TO THE WOODS

25. TO A FARM

26. TO A ZOO

27. ADVANTAGES
• Field trip enriches the
classroom learning.
• Fiel trips provide an
opportunity to the learners to
get first hand information from
natural settings.

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

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

31. • 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.

32. 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.

33. • Safety and security of the
students is a real concern.
• If the sought permission is not
got, the scheduled plan of the
curriculum suffers.

34. THANK YOU