Promoting field trip confidence: teachers providing insights for pre-service education. Issue 2 (14th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ateşkan, Armağan; Lane, Jennie F.
• Is Part Of: European journal of teacher education. Volume 39:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 190
• Page End: 201
• Publication Date: 2016-03-14
• Subjects: Field trips -- pre-service -- teacher education -- confidence; Teachers -- Training of -- Europe -- Periodicals; 370.71094
• DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2015.1113252
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0261-9768

Abstract

Abstract: Pre-service teachers need experiences in practical matters as a part of field trip preparations programmes. For 14 years, a private, non-profit university in Turkey has involved pre-service teachers in field trip planning, implementation and evaluation. A programme assessment was conducted through a case study to examine the long-term effects of pre-service field trip preparation. Through a survey created for the study, teachers shared their field trip activities and reported confidence levels. The survey was administered to 44 alumni of the biology education department with a response rate of 72.7% ( N = 32). This study will help researchers learn which programme areas need to be improved and can serve as a model for other institutions interested in evaluating field trip preparation programmes.