Persuasive Essay On Field Trip

Teachers have the most demanding and significant job on the planet: to equip the next generation with the information and lessons they need to lead our world into future success. It is foolish to believe that all students will be able to retain and apply everything they learn in the classroom. By using the world we live in to teach lessons through application, we solve this problem. These types of “lessons” are taught to any age group and are most commonly referred to as field trips.

While age determines the depth of the curriculum, field trips benefit students of all ages. A common example is in a science classroom: if kindergarteners and 10th graders are both learning about science, the 10th graders learn to a greater extent. Kathryn Kattz took her kindergarten students on a field trip in the prairie grass (Kattz). The students walked and observed the grass, while an adult made a record of what they saw (Kattz). Exposure to scientific observations and theories readied the students for future learning. As a 10th grade student, my science class may perform a lab activity that uses the same foundational scientific observation skills. The lab incorporates higher thinking skills, making it more beneficial than textbook reading. Both age groups benefit from an unconventional way of learning, which shows the depth of the subject matter does not

To illustrate, an art museum field trip study confirmed the benefits of cultural studies. A group of 10,000 students who visited the museum took a survey at some point over the period of up to eight weeks after the tour; this survey tested for critical thinking (Greene). The students wrote essays answering critical thinking questions based on a painting (Greene). The scores of the students who toured the museum surpassed those who did not tour (control group), with a positive impact score of nine percent