International Journal of Academic Pedagogical Research (IJAPR)
  Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 23-27
A Detailed Analysis of Field Trip/Edu-Trip Use in the Teaching and Learning of Primary Education Courses at Educational Colleges in Lagos State Download PDF
Fowowe Simeon Sunday, Olawole Omilola Amina, Olubanwo M .E

Abstract:
Field trips are crucial for children's intellectual development, however different people have varying opinions about them. This study investigates how field trips affect the teaching and learning of primary education courses in Lagos state's schools of education. This study used a pre-post quasi-experimental design for its investigation. All of Lagos State's educational institutions were represented in the population. 118 pre-service teachers majoring in primary education were utilized as a sample to choose one public and one private college of education in Lagos State. The schools were divided into an experimental and a control group at random. While the control group received the usual form of instruction, the experimental group participated on an edu-trip. The therapy was an edu-trip, whereas the control group received a placebo. The research tool was dependable tested at (r=0.94) and validated by primary education specialists. Analysis of Covariates (ANCOVA) was utilized to assess the research hypotheses while descriptive statistics such as mean and percentage were employed to analyze the demographic data. The results showed that there is a considerable impact of therapy on elementary education courses' teaching and learning in colleges of education (F(1; 113) = 264.448, P < 0.05);that there is no significant field-trip strategy on pre-service primary education teachers' teaching and learning (F (1; 113) =1.422; P > 0.05); and that there is no significant interaction effect of treatment and school type on field-trip strategy on pre-service primary education teachers' teaching and learning (F (1; 113) =1.538; P >0.05). It is clear that edu-field trips enhance the teaching and learning of aspiring primary school teachers in institutions of education. According to the study's findings, field trips and educational tours planned by schools can facilitate the teaching and learning of aspiring primary teachers who are enrolled in colleges of education. And per the study's findings, it is advised that, among other things, field trips be promoted to pre-service primary education students in order to enhance the teaching and learning process in classrooms..