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                                                                             SUMITTED BY

                                                                             BASHEER S

                                                                             PHYSICAL SCIENCE

                                                                             ROLL NO:05

                                                                             GCTE,TVM

 

 

 

FIELD TRIP AND EXCURSION

 

       Field trip and excursion are interchangeably used in educational literature.But in strict sense they are different.An excursion in a school journey involving any organised travel made by teachers and students primarily with an educational motive in mind.Field trip are organised visits of teachers and students to immediate or distant places to enrich learning experiences and to further instructional purposes of regular class room activities.The field trip is distinguished by its concentration on learning particular aspects.Hence its success is judged by the fulfillment of pre-determined goals.

          Education is not confined to class room teaching.Life in the class room can cover only learners.We must go beyond our school walls into the community as students and as working participants.The chief purpose of field trips is to give students first hand experiences that cannot be had in the class room.Students can see things,hear things,handle things and can examine them minutely.Hence field trip is an outdoor lesson in action.Many objects and phenomena can be studied best in their natural setting.Field trips provide opportunities for learning through the use of many techniques other than reading and speaking.Field trips stimulate interest and increase appreciation.As it co-relates learning in the class room with the community,it develops better social awareness and social skills ,in pupils.In short field trips provide enough raw materials that would promote development of senses,knowledge,emotions and skills.

 

                a.Values of fields Trip and Excursion

1.Gives first hand experiences

2.Supplements and enriches class room teaching

3.Creates spirit of scientific enquiry

4.Stimulates interest in nature and learning

5.Correlates the school life with he outside world

6.Gives training in observation

7.Provides opportunities for utilizing community resources

8.Gives relief from he routine class room work

9.develops qualities like leadership,co-operation,good public relaion,self confidence, etc.

10.Provides opportunities for bringing out talens and tastes.

                 b.Organising a Field Trips

     To be effecive,the trip must be planned carefully,otherwise it will be just a wastage of time,energy and money.The following are the stages involved in the completion of a field trip.

1.A felt need:The purpose of the journey should be clear to students.They should have a clear    understanding of why they are going out,where to and exactly they might expected to do.

2.selecting a suitable place and securing the permissin from the resourse center.

3.Listing out specific objectives.

4.planning and preperation

5.Conducting the actual field trip or excursion.

6.Consolidating the results and taking up follow up activities:The trip must be followed discussion,reports or even a written test.

The field trip should not be taken as a pleasure trip,though it is a sort of an enjoyable activities.school-authorised,teacher-planned,curriculum-integrated field trips can provide the most concrete and the most real leaning experince.