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FIELD TRIP :FIELD TRIP


INTRODUCTIONHISTORY :INTRODUCTIONHISTORY DEFINITION An educational field trip is defined as an educational procedure by which the students obtain first hand information by observing places, objects, phenomena or activities and process in the natural setting for further learning. B.T. Basavanthappa A field trip may be defined as a planned and supervised visit of a group of students outside the normal classroom to get first hand educational experience. B.T. Basavanthappa The field trip may be defined as an educational procedure by which the students study firsthand objects and materials in their natural environment. Loretta


AIMS :AIMS To get the firsthand experience and direct contact with the things and systems of real life related to the classroom instructions. To have an in depth study of an instructional unit. To arouse interest in an instructional unit. To impart positive attitude and sharpen social skills. To review a classroom instruction by relating it to the real situation.


PURPOSES :PURPOSES To provide real life situations To supplement classroom instruction To serve as a preview of lesson and for gathering instructional materials. To verify various information, class discussions and conclusions of individual experiments. To serve as a mean of arousing specific interest in material objects, places or process. To create teaching situations for cultivating observation, keenness and discovery. To serve as a mean to develop positive attitudes, values and specific skills.


TYPES :TYPES Local school trips Community trip Educational trip Nature hunt


FIELD TRIPS FOR A NURSING STUDENT :FIELD TRIPS FOR A NURSING STUDENT Rehabilitation programmes Physical therapy in an outpatient setting Sheltered workshop School for the deaf and blind School for the handicapped children Occupational nursing Visiting nursing services School or college of nursing Family services Commercial companies.


VALUES :VALUES It breaks monotony of the classroom and provides real life experiences. They furnish firsthand information They correlate and blend school life with the outside world


Slide 9:They develop a better understanding of the etiologic factors of disease They create situations which help to develop observation and keenness


Slide 10:They provide actual source material for study. They arouse interest and vitalize instruction, thereby providing motivation. They serve as an effective means of correlating the subjects of the curriculum. They provide an opportunity to consider and solve problems arising from the individual and group participation in a natural social situation.


STEPS OF A FIELD TRIP :STEPS OF A FIELD TRIP Pre-planning Actual conduct of the trip Evaluation


Preplanning :Preplanning By teacher Teacher plans with the students Actual conduct of the field trips


PROCEDURE FOR FIELD TRIPS :PROCEDURE FOR FIELD TRIPS Knowledge of the resources Rapport Objectives Time and transportation Preparation of the students Supervision


Follow up :Follow up The very next classroom teaching hour should be utilized for discussion regarding the trip. Experience and information gained should be integrated with the theory. The teacher should evaluate the trip. Note what appeared to be motivating the students.


ADVANTAGES :ADVANTAGES Field trips provide accurate information about objects, process and systems in the real settings. Field trips provide meaningful and direct experience. Students’ enthusiasm for field trips can be effectively transformed to effective learning. Field trips are valuable aids to what students’ curiosity about natural and manmade process and objects. Field trips provide students the opportunities to utilize all the senses for learning


DISADVANTAGES :DISADVANTAGES Time consuming Careful planning required Coordination and cooperation of multi- team and various agencies are required. Transportation can be a problem It is risky for the management Large groups makes the supervision a herculean task Needs a budget.


BIBLIOGRAPHY :BIBLIOGRAPHY B.T. Basavanthappa. Nursing education. Jaypee Brother Medical publishers. New Delhi: 2004 K.S. Neeraja. Text book of Nursing education. Jaypee brother medical publishers. New Delhi: 2003 Loretta E Heidgerken. Teaching and learning in school of nursing –principles and methods.3rd edition. Konaels publishers. Delhi: 2006


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