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Informal Learning and Field Trips

Author : Leah M. Melber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1632200066
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Informal Learning and Field Trips written by Leah M. Melber and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn every field trip into a high-quality learning experience! What youngster isn't excited at the prospect of taking a field trip? Enthusiastic students present teachers with the ideal scenario for creating meaningful out-of-the-classroom encounters and giving students the building blocks to help them become active participants in their own educational process. This resource helps educators take full advantage of off-site educational opportunities by developing lessons that connect informal learning with content standards. Based on constructivist philosophy and inquiry-based learning, the book provides numerous sample lesson plans and technology tips, and includes: • Learner-centered activities for language arts, math, science, social studies, and fine art • Ways to support English Language Learners and special education students • Guidelines for developing corresponding classroom activities • Strategies for building partnerships with informal learning sites • Methods for bringing museum-type activities into the classroom when a trip is not possible Field trips turn the whole world into a classroom. Informal Learning and Field Trips helps enrich students' lives as they explore the world outside the school grounds and gives teachers a prime opportunity to revitalize the learning experience.

Informal Education in Low Socioeconomic Communities

Author : Lottie S. Lynch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Informal Education in Low Socioeconomic Communities written by Lottie S. Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiential learning is "the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combination of grasping and transforming experience" (Kolb, 1984, p. 41). Teachers have planned and led field trips as a form of experiential pedagogy and an important role in student learning and development. Well-planned field trips in surrounding communities help broaden children0́9s concepts of the world around them. In spite of the research that supports the value of field trips, there appear to be fewer field trip opportunities in low socioeconomic schools. Data were collected from 12 teacher participants to gain a deeper understanding of their field trip planning and leading experiences. The purpose of this study was to add to the existing knowledge of institutional and individual pre-kindergarten-fifth grade teachers' practices in planning and leading field trips. The following research questions guide this study: 1. How do teachers describe their experiences with field trips for children in a low socioeconomic school? 2. How do teachers describe what happens when support for field trips is reduced? 3. How do teachers respond to these situations? Through in-depth qualitative analysis of teachers' lived experiences of planning and leading field trips, four themes emerged: teachers' actions, overall perceptions, challenges, and potential support. The findings along with their sub-findings were explored in relationship to three significant areas of informal learning as offered in the literature: experiential learning, education in low socioeconomic communities, and field trips. Four results of this study emerged and were offered with interpretations by the researcher: (a) field trips integrate and move theory and practice into the real world, (b) field trips afford teachers the rare opportunity to observe their students in society, (c) moving content knowledge into context enhances social and cognitive development, and (d) teachers' collaboration increases the opportunity to plan and lead effective field trips. This study concludes presenting collective perceptions of the participants and recommendations to public school teachers for best practices planning and leading field trips in low socioeconomic schools.

Designing mobile learning environments to support teacher-led field trips within informal learning environments

Author : Donald S. Hawkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Designing mobile learning environments to support teacher-led field trips within informal learning environments written by Donald S. Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Field Trips in Environmental Education

Author : Martin Storksdieck
Publisher : BWV Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3830524188
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Field Trips in Environmental Education written by Martin Storksdieck and published by BWV Verlag. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HauptbeschreibungField trips are a popular method for introducing students to concepts, ideas, and experiences that cannot be provided in a classroom environment. This is particularly true for trans-disciplinary areas of teaching and learning, such as science or environmental education. While field trips are generally viewed by educators as beneficial to teaching and learning, and by students as a cherished alternative to classroom instruction, educational research paints a more complex picture. At a time when school systems demand proof of the educational value of field trips, large gaps ofte.

Learning Science in Informal Environments

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309141133
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Learning Science in Informal Environments written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning. Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines-research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings-museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens. Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators.

Optimizing Student Learning Opportunities in Elementary School Field Trips

Author : Cheryl Finnegan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Optimizing Student Learning Opportunities in Elementary School Field Trips written by Cheryl Finnegan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research question addressed is, "How can I optimize student learning opportunities for elementary school field trips?" The author developed curriculum and an exhibit about immigration and pioneer life to be used for second grade field trips to a small history museum based on research about learning in museums, effective field trips and informal learning. Special attention was paid to providing ways for students to connect the information provided in the curriculum and exhibit to their own lives. Key influences included the stories of elder community members, experiences with informal education, resources such as the Museum Educator's Roundtable and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Authors such as Piscitelli, Chang, Diamond, Griffin, and Leinhardt were explored in the research on museum learning. The curriculum and exhibit support state curriculum standards and required collaboration among several elements.

Intersections of Formal and Informal Science

Author : Lucy Avraamidou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317361032
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Intersections of Formal and Informal Science by : Lucy Avraamidou

Download or read book Intersections of Formal and Informal Science written by Lucy Avraamidou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science learning that takes place between and at the intersections of formal and informal science environments has not been systematically reviewed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the existing knowledge base. Bringing together theory and research, this volume describes the various ways in which learning science in various settings has been conceptualized as well as empirical evidence to illustrate how science learning in these settings can be supported.

Challenging the Classroom Standard Through Museum-based Education

Author : Ian Pumpian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135600058
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Challenging the Classroom Standard Through Museum-based Education written by Ian Pumpian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School in the Park is an innovative museum-based educational effort to engage students in their community during the school day. Since 1999 several hundred students have been educated each year in museums and the zoo in San Diego. This is more than a field trip, it is changing the way that education is provided. Challenging the Classroom Standard Through Museum-Based Education: School in the Park presents the experience of School in the Park from the perspective of different disciplines--oral language, reading, writing, social studies, math, science, and the arts--to determine how students are learning content within museums and the zoo. It provides a number of examples, case studies, references, scenarios, and recommendations for teaching and learning outside of the traditional classroom. The perspectives of teachers, museum educators, and students are represented. Importantly, this book offers ideas that readers can use in their own communities, ranging from long-term partnering with cultural institutions to one-day trips, to ensure that students have authentic experiences with the curriculum. With the current increased focus on accountability and achievement, less attention and importance is given to community-based learning experiences. This book demonstrates the viability of merging formal and informal learning and using community venues as an extension of the classroom. All those interested in and charged with educating children will find this book useful in exploring powerful learning experiences that occur outside traditional classroom settings.

Formal Learning in an Informal Setting

Author : Charlie Michelle Belin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Formal Learning in an Informal Setting written by Charlie Michelle Belin and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the pressures of budget cuts, many schools--particularly schools serving low-income students--are eliminating school field trips to museums, zoos, and other cultural institutions despite their widely reported utility. First, through a systematic review of the literature, I examine the findings from 17 international studies on the benefits of visiting an informal science education institution during a K-12 school field trip. Almost all pre-post studies reported a positive change in both cognitive and affective outcomes after visiting an ISEI. However, studies that also included a control group to compare students who visited the ISEI with students who had yet to visit the ISEI reported mixed findings, and only three of those studies used randomization in placing students into the control and treatment groups. Second, I use a random assignment experimental design to study the impacts of visiting a science center during a school field trip on student interest in studying science, interest in visiting science centers, and knowledge obtained from attending an educational program as part of the science center experience. Survey data from 1,830 third through eighth graders showed small positive results suggesting that science museums encourage students to become connoisseurs of science, and this effect was slightly greater for minority students, boys, and first time visitors. Also, short science center educational programs increased boys', first time visitors', and minority students' knowledge of science concepts found on state standards but did not benefit the average student visitor.

Enhancing Science Learning through Learning Experiences outside School (LEOS)

Author : Sandhya Devi Coll
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004411763
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Enhancing Science Learning through Learning Experiences outside School (LEOS) written by Sandhya Devi Coll and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Enhancing Science Learning through Learning Experiences outside School, the authors provide teachers with accessible, research-informed, practical lesson plans to help improve the learning of science, using digital technologies.

Handbook of Research on Science Education

Author : Sandra K. Abell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136781218
Total Pages : 1345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Science Education written by Sandra K. Abell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 1345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This state-of-the art research Handbook provides a comprehensive, coherent, current synthesis of the empirical and theoretical research concerning teaching and learning in science and lays down a foundation upon which future research can be built. The contributors, all leading experts in their research areas, represent the international and gender diversity that exists in the science education research community. As a whole, the Handbook of Research on Science Education demonstrates that science education is alive and well and illustrates its vitality. It is an essential resource for the entire science education community, including veteran and emerging researchers, university faculty, graduate students, practitioners in the schools, and science education professionals outside of universities. The National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) endorses the Handbook of Research on Science Education as an important and valuable synthesis of the current knowledge in the field of science education by leading individuals in the field. For more information on NARST, please visit: http://www.narst.org/.

A Model System Linking Formal and Informal Education

Author : Stacy Lynn Messenger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book A Model System Linking Formal and Informal Education written by Stacy Lynn Messenger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies

Author : Leah M. Melber
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452211299
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies written by Leah M. Melber and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an emphasis on active learning, this supplementary text helps busy elementary and middle school teachers engage all students in the vibrant world of social studies. This inquiry-based book presents hands-on explorations, interaction with primary sources, and critical thinking activities, that provide concrete methods to successfully integrate the language arts into the social studies curriculum. Key Features Promotes the development of literacy skills by authentically integrating language arts Supports differentiated instruction for specific grade levels, English language learners, and students with special needs Connects to standards in language arts, social studies, and technology

Educational Equity and Informal STEM Field Trip Programming

Author : Sal Alper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Educational Equity and Informal STEM Field Trip Programming written by Sal Alper and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal STEM field trip programming is a large, yet under-researched area of the education landscape. Informal STEM education providers are often serving a more privileged section of society, leading to a risk of perpetuating inequalities seen throughout the education landscape. In an attempt to address the lack of research, this thesis explores the relationship between educational equity and informal STEM field trips. The intention was to collect data using a critical ethnography approach to the methods of qualitative questionnaire and interviews of informal STEM educators. A change in circumstances from the global pandemic of COVID-19 caused a shift in this research plan. A combination of a Critical Pedagogy theoretical framing, review of existing literature, themes from the limited data, and reflection from the pandemic, creates an argument for an increased focus on educational equity within informal science education field trip programming. This thesis particularly highlights the need to address white supremacy in informal education. The hope is that this thesis can serve as an instigator for future research and a resource for informal education practitioners.

Surrounded by Science

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309136741
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Surrounded by Science written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-04-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners in informal science settings-museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, libraries, aquariums, zoos, and botanical gardens-are interested in finding out what learning looks like, how to measure it, and what they can do to ensure that people of all ages, from different backgrounds and cultures, have a positive learning experience. Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments, is designed to make that task easier. Based on the National Research Council study, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits, this book is a tool that provides case studies, illustrative examples, and probing questions for practitioners. In short, this book makes valuable research accessible to those working in informal science: educators, museum professionals, university faculty, youth leaders, media specialists, publishers, broadcast journalists, and many others.

Community Connections for Science Education

Author : Phyllis Katz
Publisher : NSTA Press
ISBN 13 : 0873551923
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Community Connections for Science Education written by Phyllis Katz and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science beyond the schoolhouse is the subject of this close-up look at informal science education in non-traditional settings, including Boys & Girls Clubs, 4-H, zoos, aquariums, and even public TV. More than a dozen writers draw on personal experience to tell why they became informal science educators and how they use the history and theory of traditional science education in their work. Among the book's features for informal science educators are a resource directory and a special section on program evaluation.

A Guide to Great Field Trips

Author : Kathleen Carroll
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1629149721
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Great Field Trips written by Kathleen Carroll and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is filled with educational possibilities — use it! This valuable resource explores every aspect of field trips, including their foundation in caring and curiosity, how leaders can establish and achieve sound learning goals, and how to avoid the headaches that too often accompany dozens of children and chaperones unleashed in a new environment. Properly organized, a field trip can provide students with opportunities to develop lifelong learning skills, increase personal responsibility, work cooperatively with others, and expand their worldviews. And field trips need not be full-day affairs to be valuable—even a short “trip” can provide a much richer learning experience than can be found though standard in-class instruction and serve as a welcome break from the weekday routine. A Guide to Great Field Trips outlines more than 200 ideas for valuable trips within the school, around the building and playground, and through the local neighborhood. It even offers ideas for virtual field trips on the Web. Readers can find tips on handling dozens of logistical issues related to field trips, including safety, transportation, permissions, fundraisers, grants, chaperones, meals, and more.