Attitude Of Senior Secondary School Teachers Towards Education Field Trip In Biology
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Appraisal of Literature Reviewed
The reviewed literature have shown that the attitudes of senior secondary school teachers and students toward educational fieldtrip in biology is encouraging thereby enhancing the educational standard. It is not gainsaying to assert that fieldtrips were valuable for students cognitive and affective develop. It is important that schools recognize and support teachers in the use fieldtrip opportunities to facilities achievement of learning outcomes.
Bezina (2014) posited that enthusiasm and attitudes of teachers and students to field trip varied from highly enthusiastic to disillusioned.
There was a consensus among teachers who viewed field trip as a change of pace for students and a social experience Griften (2008) posited that teachers purpose of field trip influence students purpose, as students attitude tend to mirror the teachers attitude. Fieldtrips proffer the sort of enriching experience that is considered central to successful education.
Whitley (2008) observed that fieldtrip engaged and entertain student’s, helping to make educational experience more relevant, memorable and meaningful. Teaching of biology traditionally take place in one or more three different environments, the classroom, the laboratory and fieldtrip.
Attitudes of teachers and students toward educational fieldtrip indicate that fieldtrip add variety to the regular classroom instructional programme and tend to be special and enjoyable learning experience. As a result, students developed positive attitudes towards the fieldtrip exercise. It is not a gainsaying to assert that fieldtrip enhance educational quality, develop positive attitudes to biology as a subject and provide motivation towards the subject.