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Emma L. Peasland; Graham W. Scott; Lesley J. Morrell; Dominic C. Henri – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
Fieldwork provides opportunities for students to develop employability-enhancing transferable skills as well as technical, discipline-specific skills and disciplinary knowledge. However, the extent to which staff purposely plan transferable skills outcomes of field courses, and, therefore, whether they are communicated to students is unknown. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Geography Instruction, Geology
Shinysherova, Gaziza B.; Yessimov, Bolat K.; Childibayev, Jumadil; Tuleubayev, Zhaxybay; Ziyayeva, Gulnar K.; Alpysbaikyzy, Moldir – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2018
One of the main forms of educational process in teaching students is educational and field practice; it is a relatively independent form of training and education of students. A summer educational and field practice is complicated pedagogical system regarding the structure and functional components, which includes theoretical and practical…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Field Experience Programs, Educational Practices, Questionnaires
Scott, Graham W.; Boyd, Margaret; Scott, Lisa; Colquhoun, Derek – Journal of Biological Education, 2015
This paper considers a range of factors that may contribute to an unwillingness or inability of teachers to participate in the teaching of biology through fieldwork. Through a synthesis of the views of both pre-service teachers in training and primary school teachers in practice we explore the relative importance of a wide range of potential…
Descriptors: Biology, Barriers, Field Instruction, Student Attitudes
Goulder, Raymond; Scott, Graham W.; Scott, Lisa J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
It is widely held among biology teachers that fieldwork is valuable, but little is heard about students' perception of fieldwork or about the reasons for their liking or disliking fieldwork. This paper uses data from students to explore the hypotheses (1) that biology students with a positive perception of fieldwork have a less positive perception…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Field Experience Programs, Field Instruction

Locke, William Willard – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Describes the design and logistics of a one-month, 1600 km bicycle tour field trip in which the travel, not the stops, is the major teaching tool. Provides a map and a summarized itinerary of the geology experience of southern California and Nevada. (RT)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Field Experience Programs, Field Instruction

Berry, John – Community and Junior College Journal, 1975
Describes "Biology 201--The River," an ecological and environmental study of the impact of man and urbanization on the Des Plaines River and its Drainage Area in Chicago. Each student selects his/her own study project, which involves a "contract agreement" with a faculty member, a data generating experiment, library research, a…
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Education, Field Experience Programs
van Trommel, Jacques, Ed. – 1990
Thirty papers from the International Symposium on Fieldwork in the Sciences (ISFIS) are presented. The program was divided into four blocks: (1) trends in fieldwork and curriculum aspects; (2) fieldwork activities, followed by discussion and reflection; (3) implementation and dissemination; and (4) field excursions to typical Dutch landscapes.…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
INGERSOLL, JONATHAN E.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DESCRIBED IS A SIX-WEEK SUMMER SCIENCE PROJECT DESIGNED TO--(1) PROVIDE TALENTED TEACHERS AND PROMISING STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AND LEARN TOGETHER IN CIRCUMSTANCES CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVE ENDEAVOR AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, (2) CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Biology, Community Resources, Conservation Education