Elementary Teachers Utilization of Field Trips in an Era of Accountability: A Research Study

Kenna, Joshua L.; Russell, William B.

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“…Academic field trips have been studied as a unique pedagogical practice and were viewed as a progressive approach in education aimed at reforming how students are taught (Kenna et al, 2016;Windschitl, 2002). Some of the early studies on field trips were developed to examine the effectiveness of the trips (Atyeo, 1939).…”

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“…Students have experience from short-term cognitive, long-term cognitive and noncognitive learning as a result of attending field trips (Kenna et al, 2016). Strum et al (2010) studied the short-term effectiveness of a field trip to a museum by comparing the learning and motivational outcomes of sixth grade students who experienced the same educational activity but in two different learning environments, one at a field trip site and the other in a classroom.…”

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“…instruction may be observed and studied directly in their functional setting: for example, a trip to a factory, a city waterworks, a library, a museum (Krepel and DuVall, 1981, p.7). Meanwhile, other scholars defined academic field trips as trips which include visits to an out-of-school setting and can be categorized into either academic, nonacademic or extra-curricular (Atyeo, 1939;Kenna and Russell, 2016). Academic field trips are designed to provide students with real world experiences so that they might gain knowledge of a particular set of content or skills.…”

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“…Students have the opportunity to gain educational experience with all three types of the academic field trips. However, the focus and purpose of the three types of academic field trips are different and it is necessary to separate them from each other (Kenna et al, 2016). Academic field trips may be organised to meet general or specific objectives.…”

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“…One school of thought is in favour and the other not in favour of academic field trips as a teaching pedagogy. Some scholars argue that academic field trips and experiential activities can be an effective method to develop students' interest which can become a means of authentic learning opportunities for students regardless of the content area (Behrendt and Franklin, 2014;Kenna et al, 2016). Furthermore, the findings of many prior studies on academic field trips had documented positive contribution towards students' cognitive (short-term and long-term) and non-cognitive learning experiences (Atyeo, 1939;Mason, 1980;Strum and Borgner, 2010).…”

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Academic Field Trip as a Teaching Pedagogy to Accounting Students

Mohammad

2020

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Academic field trip is organised to attain several objectives. The objectives are in general, among others, to enhance social, personal and emotional development of students as well as to add value to students academic development. However, the specific objectives, as outlined in the syllabus of strategic management courses, include ability to function as a consultant, owner of a business, make strategic decisions and to justify those decisions through oral and written communication, both as an individual and as a member of a team. To meet these objectives, general and specific, at the beginning of the semester, students are briefed about the academic field trip and expectation (knowledge and experience) from it. To ensure that the studentsâ€™ will benefit from the trip, they are required to make some preparations before going for the academic field trip. The preparation includes research on the company and its industry, and to get the necessary information during the trip in order to complete some tasks. To complete the tasks, students have to form groups of three and they are given some assignments. The information necessary to complete the assignment will come from their observations during the trip. Basically, the assignments relate to the concepts and theories they have learned in class. The assignments will reflect the ability of the students to link them to the industry. Thus, the objective of this paper is to discuss the preparation before, during and after field trip as a teaching pedagogy in line with output-based education system. However, the effectiveness of academic field trips as a teaching pedagogy is not measured directly, therefore, it becomes a limitation of the paper. Nevertheless, this paper may serve as a useful input in the involvement and commitment of students during fieldtrips and the content of the assignment submitted will give an insight into the level of understanding of the students on class-room learning.

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