The Benefits of Filed Trip Strategy at Junior and Senior High Schools: An Overview

Abstract

This reseach studied about the beneficial of  educational Field Trips at  secondary and high school level in Pekanbaru, Riau Province Indonesia. The respondents of this study were the  students  and  Pre-service  teachers  of  English  program  of  both  government  and  private schools. The ideas and views of students and  Pre-service teachers were sought out regarding the  benefit    of  educational  field  trips  at  secondary  and  high  schools  level.  To  achieve  the purpose of  study  two  questionnaires  was  design  as  research  tool  separately  for  teachers  and students.    sixty  respondents  including  10  Pre-service  teacher  of  English  program  and  50 students were randomly selected. The questionnaire was used as a research instrument which was  consisted  of  25  items,  collected  data  was  analyzed  by  using  simple  percentage  method. The  findings  for  each  statement  were  made.  On  the  basis  of  findings,  the  conclusion  was drawn. Majority of the respondents had a view that educational field trip is helpful to explore students’s  learning  experience.  Therefore,  a  large  number  of  respondents  opinioned  that educational field trip positively affect students’ creative thinking and practices in learning.