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Teacher Cora was thinking of a suitable teaching strategy for

her discussion on inflation. She thought that this topic should be


discussed in an authentic way because this is a very useful concept
that her pupils might use all throughout their lives. Moreover, she
also thought that when pupils are involved in any classroom
experience, it encourages lifelong learning.
In her class, she asked her pupils to interview the canteen
managers in their school about the movement of the prices. They
also listed down all the most in demand snacks. Upon gathering the
needed data, they went back in the classroom and, as it usually
goes, the pupils-with the facilitation of teacher Cora-generated
implications and conclusions. In the end, the pupils were able to see
the relevance of the activity outside the classroom. Teacher Cora
has also seen the great level of participation that her learners
exemplified.
Field Studies
• learning experiences outside the four corners of the classroom
• enable the learners to personally gather and analyze data in
their own context
• provide learning experiences that transcend a regular
classroom through direct experiences and observations.
• learning takes place in a reality-based context rather than
mediated by videos or books
Why use field studies?
• It provides experiential learning.
• Field studies offer an opportunity to witness objects and events not
accessible at school.
• Direct contact and observation encourage more concrete learning
experience than merely showing videos or images.
• It targets specific skills and knowledge.
• Being able to experience things provides learners an opportunity to
practice skills and appreciate values that cannot surface elsewhere.
• It strengthens schema.
• The experiences in the field stimulate higher understanding and
appreciation of previously learned concepts by means of validation.
• It motivates values development.
• Exposure to a phenomenon stimulates appreciation and concern for
the visited event or place.
Challenges in Field Studies

• Curriculum alignment.
• Sometimes, if not most of the time, the curriculum aspect is
replaced by leisure engagement. To ensure curriculum alignment,
teachers must thoroughly plan and execute the desired learning
outcomes before any other purpose.
• Lack of understanding of field studies.
• Before conducting the activity, teachers must ensure that their
learners have fully understood the nature and purpose of the field
study.
• Costly
• The reason why teachers tend to engage in virtual field trips rather than
actual site visits.
• Preparation Time.
• Field studies require much time, from preparation up to classroom
discussion and assessment.

• Safety
What to keep in mind when planning and doing field
studies?
For a smooth and successful field study, the Centre for Teaching and
Learning enumerated things that teachers need to keep in mind in
planning and ducting the said activity.

1. Awareness
• teachers basically have to condition the learners before the actual
visit.
• Teachers need to point out the purpose, the dos and don'ts
during the visit, and, most importantly, the assessment part.
2. Engage
• the learners must be exposed to the same degree of engagement to ensure that
all of them are learning
3. Metacognitive Learning
• The most important part still is the deepening and valuing of
knowledge and skills learned from experiences.
4. Build Upon
• teachers must conduct prior research on the environment or event that
they have to visit
• Imposing trivial questions and supplementing information during the
conduct of study augments interests and encourages deeper learning
among the learners.
5. Illustrate
• Experiential learning becomes more effective when it is placed on the reality
context.
• Learners should be able to see the applicability of learned knowledge so that
they can successfully live what they have learned.
6. Assess
• it is relevant to ensure that the learners have gained the desired competencies
and knowledge.
• This could be done through effective, meaningful, and aligned assessment
activities.

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