1. Making the Most of
Community Resources
and Field Trips

2. Procedures we follow to avoid
failed study trips includes this
step:
1. Preliminary planning by teacher
2. Preplanning with others going on the
trip
3. Taking the field trip itself and
4. post-field trip follow up activities

3. Preliminary planning by the teacher
 Make preliminary contacts, a tour on final
arrangements with the place to be visited
 Make final arrangements with the school
principal about the details of the trip:
time, schedule, transportation
arrangements, finances, and permission slips
from parents.
 Make a tentative route plan, subject to later
alteration based on class planning and
objectives.

4.  Try to work out mutually satisfactory
arrangement with other teachers if the trip
will conflict with their classes.
 Prepare preliminary list of question or other
materials which will be helpful in planning
with the students.

5. Preplanning with students joining the
trip
 Discuss the objectives of the trip and write
them down. The main objectives should be
given to parents and should be consulted later
when the trip is evaluated.
 Prepare a list of question to send ahead to the
guide of the study trip.
 Define safety and behavior standards of the
journey there and for the field trip site itself.

6.  Discuss and decide on ways to document the
trip. Everyone is expected to take notes.
 List specific objects to be seen on their way
to the sit, on the site of the field trip and on
their way home from the site.
 Discuss appropriate dress. Comfortable
shoes for walking are important.
 Before the trip, use a variety of learning
materials in order to give each student a
background for the trip.

7. Preplanning with Others Joining the
Trip
 Other people accompanying the group
need to be oriented on the objectives,
route, behavior standards required of
everyone so they can help enforce these
standards. These maybe parents who will
assist teacher, other teachers and/or
school administrator staff.

8. Taking the Field Trip
 Distribute route map of places to be observed.
 Upon arriving at the destination, teacher should
check the group and introduce the guide.
 Special effort should be made to ensure that: -the
trips keeps to time schedule
-the students have the opportunity to
obtain answers to questions
-the group participants courteously in the trip
-the guide sticks closely to the list of questions.

9. Educational Benefits Derived from a Field Trip
Field trips can be fun and educational when they are
well executed.
1. The acquisition of lasting concepts and change in
attitudes are rooted on concrete and rich
experiences. Fieldtrips are opportunities for rich
and memorable experiences which are fundamental
to learning the lasts.
2. Fieldtrips bring us to the world beyond the
classroom. The real-world connection is more but
the benefits of broadening teaching beyond
textbooks far outweigh the little bit of time it takes
from a teacher’s schedule.

10. 3. Fieldtrips have a wide range of application. It
is not meant only for children. It is for adults
also. It is not only meant for the social
science subjects, it is for all other subjects as
well.
4. It can bring about a lot of realizations which
may lead to changes in attitudes and insights.
The field trip “can nurture curiosity; build a
zest for new experience, and a sense of
wonder.”
-A school for blind -A museum
-An automobile factory

11. Disadvantages of Field Trips
These educational benefits can compensate
for the drawbacks of fieldtrips some which
are:
1. It is costly;
2. It involves logistics,
3. It is extravagant with time,
4. Contains an element of uncertainty.

12. What community resources
can we use for learning?

13.  These can be persons and places in the
community. For the persons, let us not go too
far. Let us begin with the parents of the
students. Many of them can be resource
speakers in their fields of expertise.
 There are other people in the community who
can be excellent resource speakers.
 A places to visit, popular destination are
museums, zoos, botanical gardens, historical
places, places of exhibits, scenic spots.
 A performances like play, a concert, and dance
presentations.
 Public libraries and private libraries.

14. Thank you!!
Prepared by:
Anna Rejel F. Quindao