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There are a lot of detailed questions, and I wanted to offer a more broad-based resource: the proceedings of a field trip summit that was held at in Cleveland in 2006 and was designed to tackle tough questions around field trip design, implementation and evaluation/research. The Summit was a cooperation between University Circle Inc. and the Institute for Learning Innovation. I believe (but I am biased) that the report could be of value to many on this listserv:
http://www.universitycircle.org/downloads/Summit%20Field%20Trip.pdf
Another useful resource, among a lot of good articles that have been published in recent years, is a review Jen DeWitt from Kings College and I have written for Visitor Studies and that is freely available at
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10645570802355562
And also always useful: consulting the ISE evidence wiki:
http://iseevidencewiki.org/index.php/Schoolteacher_Learning_Agenda_Influences_Student_Learning_in_Museums
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Please reply to the list.
Thanks,
~Alli Feigen
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Anne James Rosenberg <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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> This message is specifically geared toward those of you who create or
> lead children's programming for school field trips.
>
> We are in the process of making some changes to our onsite field trip
> program for 5th and 6th graders and I would love some input from other
> educators on this listserv. Below is my list of questions, roughly in
> order of importance (for those of you who don't have time to answer them all).
> Please respond to me off-list.
>
> Thank you in advance for any information you can share!
>
> Anne Rosenberg
>
> About your programs for visiting school groups (especially those for
> children in grades 4-6):
> How long is the program? 1 hour, 2 hour, full school day?
> What proportion of the activities are outside and/or involve
> physically moving around?
>
> Interactions with teachers & students:
> Do you interact with teachers before the visit? If so, how?
> What are your expectations of the teachers? Of the adult chaperones?
> How do you express these expectations to them?
> How/when do you express your expectations (when they first arrive, at
> certain points in the program, throughout the visit)?
> Do you follow up with the teachers after their visit?
>
> About your staff:
> How do you divide up the student (size)? How many people do you have
> working with each group?
> How many total staff/volunteers do you have? How many are paid staff?
> How many are volunteers?
> What kind of training do you offer staff &/or volunteers?
> What kind of background &/or commitment do you expect of your volunteers?
>
> Anne James Rosenberg
> Youth Education Coordinator
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
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