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FIELDTRIP &
EXCURSI0N

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PRIYA S

NATURAL
SCIENCE
St. Thomas
Training College
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CONTENTS

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1.

Introduction

2.

Fieldtrip and Excursion

3.

Values of fieldtrip and

Excursion

4.

organizing an

5.

fieldtrip& Excursion
Advantages of
fieldtrip& Excursion

5-6

6.

Disadvantages of
fieldtrip & Excursion

7.

Conclusion

8.

Reference

INTRODUCTION
Fieldtrip and excursion are interchangeably used
in educational literature. But in strict sense they
are different. An excursion is a school journey
involving any organized travel made by teacher
and students primarily with an educational
motive in mind. Fieldtrips are organized visit of
teachers and students t immediate or distant
places to enrich learning experiences and to
further instructional purposes of regular class
activities. The field trip is distinguished by its
concentration n learning particular aspects.
Hence the success is judged by the fulfilment of
pre-determined gaols.
Education is not confined to classroom teaching.
Life in the classroom can cover only a small part
of your total life. If learning is to result in the total
development of the learners, must go beyond
your school walls in to the community as
students and as working participants. The chief
purpose of fieldtrip is to give students first hand

experiences that cannot be hand in the

classroom. Students can see things hear things;
handle things and can examine them minutely.
Hence fieldtrip is an outdoor lesson in action.
Many objects and phenomena can be studied
best in natural setting. Fieldtrip provide
opportunities for learning through the use of
many techniques other than in the classroom
with which the community, it develops better
social awareness and social skill development in
pupils.

FIELDTRIP AND EXCURSION

An excursion is a trip by a group of people,

usually made for leisure, education physical
purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer
journey or visit ta places sometimes for their
purposes. It is a short journey or trip especially
one taken for as a leisure activity. It is a
movement f something along a path r through an
angle.

Short excursions for education or for observation

of natural phenomena are called fieldtrips. One
day educational field studies are often made by
classes as extracurricular exercises. E.g.; to visit
natural or geographical features.

VALUES OF FIELD TRIP AND

EXCURSION
1. Excursion gives first hand experiences.
2. It supplements and enriches classroom
teaching.
3. It creates spirit of scientific enquiry.
4. Fieldtrip gives training in observation.
5. Stimulates interest in nature and
learning
6.It correlates the school life with the
outside world.

7.Provides
opportunities
for
utilizing
community resources.
8.Excursion gives relief from the routine
classroom work.
9.It develops qualities from like leadership,
co-operation, good public relation, selfconfidence etc...
10. Fieldtrip also provides opportunities for
bringing
out talents and tastes.

ORGANISING A FIELDTRIP AND

EXCURSION
To be effective, the trip must be planned
carefully, otherwise it will be just wastage f time,
energy and money. The following are the stages
involved in the completion of a trip:
1. The purposes of the journey should be clear t
students. They should have a clear

understanding f why they are gin gut, where to

and what exactly they might be expected t d.
2. Selecting a suitable place and securing the
permission from the resource centre as well as
parental permission letter.
3. Listing out specific objectives.
4. Planning and preparation
5. Conducting the actual trip or excursion
6. Consolidating the results and taking up follow
up activities: The trip must be followed by
discussion, reports
The fieldtrip should not be
taken as a pleasure trip, though it is a sort of an
enjoyable activity. School-authorized, teacherplanned, curriculum integrated fieldtrips can
provide the most concrete and the most real
learning experience.

ADVANTAGES OF FIELDTRIP AND

EXCURSION

1. They provide direct source of knowledge and

acquaint
the
students
with
first-hand
information.
2. They provide an opportunity to the students
from the development of his aesthetic sense.
3. By excursion students become interested in
the exploration of their environment
4. They help to develop in students a love for
nature and to acquaint them with the real
happiness in the outside world
5. It helps in development of power of
observation,
exploration,
judgment
and
drawing inferences, problem solving ability of
students.
6. It
helps
in
developing
qualities
of
resourcefulness, self-confidence, iniative and
leadership among students.
7. It helps in developing cooperative attitude and
various others.
8. It helps in proper utilization of leisure.
9. It motivates the students for self-study and
self-activity.

10. It helps in the development of creative

faculties of the students
11. It helps learners learn things very quickly and
remember them for longer of time.

DISADVANTAGES OF FIELDTRIP AND

EXCURSION

1. If the fieldtrip and excursion is not

planned with specific objectives it will
result in wastage of time.
2. Expensive- A fieldtrip and excursion may
require travel from ne region to another.
This means the school or parents will
have to take care of transportation costs
and meal costs, these may all amount to
too much expense.
3. Safety concerns- When students are out
of school, they may come in to contact
with harmful substances like toxic
chemicals or hazardous equipment.
Keeping them safe from these things may
present quit a challenge.
4. Students behaviour- 0n fieldtrips and
excursion, students normally get a
freedom which may lead them to
misbehave. This can create an unpleasant
for those in charge and those they
interact with.

CONCLUSION

Fieldtrips and excursion allows the students

to learn outside of the classroom. Many
fieldtrips and excursion combine educational
content with team building activities, such
as working together to clean a stream that
has been polluted. In fact, it is often a good
idea to go on an excursion early in the
school year to help create a bond between
the students. It is excursion supplements
the curriculum and it offers the opportunity
to teach the students something new. A
fieldtrip and excursion can create a
rewarding and exciting learning experience
for a student.

REFERENCES
Greene, kisida, bwen , Jay p briam The

educational value of fieldtrips

Science education: Methodology of teaching
and pedagogical analysis. By K Sivarajan.
http://www.excursin .academic edu