Not everything can be learned by just merely reading a book or by the discussion of the teacher. Because of this, it is necessary to go out from school and have field trips. But oftentimes, teachers fail to meet the purposes of the field trips because of lack of preparation and unorganized planning.
As a future teacher, I must at all times plan well my activities to have a positive outcome. If i will conduct a field trip in the future, I should plan it ahead and prepare everything that is needed in having such activity. I must also ensure that the field trip will be related or has relevance on my lessons. And I should make sure that there will be an expert guide who'll be the one to explain things when we arrived at the place.. And I should orient the students beforehand of the things that should be observed the field trip, this includes their behavior in having this kind of activity.
There are also disadvantages that cannot be avoided in having field trips, the first is that it is costly, second is that it involves logistics, next is that it is extravagant with time and the last thing is that it contains elements of uncertainty.
For me, the best thing to do is to think first before deciding to have a field trip; if it is really necessary to have one...
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