Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI)

This paper reports on the first Phase of a two-part study, involving the development and implementation of an intervention to improve the learning of science, involving learning experiences outside school (LEOS). Part I reports on the development of the Learner Integrated Field Trip Inventory (LIFTI...

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Main Authors: Coll, S., Coll, R., Treagust, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education 2018
Online Access:https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/CAL/article/view/12627
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72315
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description This paper reports on the first Phase of a two-part study, involving the development and implementation of an intervention to improve the learning of science, involving learning experiences outside school (LEOS). Part I reports on the development of the Learner Integrated Field Trip Inventory (LIFTI), while Part II describes the implementation and evaluation of the LIFTI, in which there is evidence that it can lead to improvements in the learning of school science. The LIFTI was developed based on modern views of learning, using social constructivism as a referent, and on previous research such as the Field Trip Inventory reported by Patrick, Matthews and Tunnicliffe (2013). The LIFTI comprises three components: Social, Procedural, and Cognitive. Each of these components was used to design activities prior to, during, and after an out-of-school visit. The development and use of the LIFTI is exemplified here using an off-site visit to a Show Home, used to develop student understanding of heating and insulation, a learning area from an achievement standard of the New Zealand science curriculum.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-723152019-06-27T08:26:54Z Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI) Coll, S. Coll, R. Treagust, David This paper reports on the first Phase of a two-part study, involving the development and implementation of an intervention to improve the learning of science, involving learning experiences outside school (LEOS). Part I reports on the development of the Learner Integrated Field Trip Inventory (LIFTI), while Part II describes the implementation and evaluation of the LIFTI, in which there is evidence that it can lead to improvements in the learning of school science. The LIFTI was developed based on modern views of learning, using social constructivism as a referent, and on previous research such as the Field Trip Inventory reported by Patrick, Matthews and Tunnicliffe (2013). The LIFTI comprises three components: Social, Procedural, and Cognitive. Each of these components was used to design activities prior to, during, and after an out-of-school visit. The development and use of the LIFTI is exemplified here using an off-site visit to a Show Home, used to develop student understanding of heating and insulation, a learning area from an achievement standard of the New Zealand science curriculum. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72315 https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/CAL/article/view/12627 Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education unknown
spellingShingle Coll, S.
Coll, R.
Treagust, David
Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI)
title Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI)
title_full Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI)
title_fullStr Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI)
title_full_unstemmed Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI)
title_short Making the most of out-of-school visits: How does the teacher prepare? Part I: Development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (LIFTI)
title_sort making the most of out-of-school visits: how does the teacher prepare? part i: development of the learner integrated field trip inventory (lifti)
url https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/CAL/article/view/12627
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72315