Determination of Turkish Prospective Teachers’ Past Field Trip Experiences and Examination of Their Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Planning and Organising Educational Field Trips Regarding Various Variables

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 1 - 17, 01.12.2018

Aykut Emre Bozdoğan

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.18.8.5.2

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The
aim of this study is to determine the prospective teachers’ past field trip
experiences and examine their self-efficacy beliefs in planning and organizing
field trips with an educational intent regarding various variables.  The study was carried via cross-sectional
design and the data of the research study was gathered from total 366
prospective teachers. During the collection of data, the questionnaire form and
teacher self-efficacy belief scale for organization of educational field trips
(SSOET) designed by the researcher were used. The research findings revealed
that only one-third of them participated in field trips and most of these trips
were organized by the schools. In addition, it was revealed that prospective
science teachers mostly joined the field trips with an educational intent. Moreover,
a significant difference was discovered between the departments where
prospective teachers studied, participating in educational field trips in their
previous experiences, and receiving training on planning and organizing trips
and their self-efficacy beliefs. On the other hand, the prospective teachers
who participated in educational field trips in their previous experiences
stated that they gained new knowledge which they did not know before and they
materialized their theoretical/abstract knowledge and their retention
increased. The prospective teachers stated that the educational field trips
which they attended enhanced the training they received in the schools and
added that their interest in various topics/events increased and they raised
awareness.

Keywords

Prospective teacher, Non-school environment, Self-efficacy, Filed trip

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