Echoes from the Field: An Ethnographic Investigation of Outdoor Science Field Trips

Autor/in	Boxerman, Jonathan Zvi
Titel	Echoes from the Field: An Ethnographic Investigation of Outdoor Science Field Trips
Quelle	(2013), (264 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Northwestern University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3031-2184-5
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Science Instruction; Field Trips; Middle School Teachers; Science Teachers; Biology; Earth Science; Teaching Methods; Observation; Class Activities; Audio Equipment; Video Technology; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Interviews; Student Interests; Middle School Students; Secondary School Science; Ethnography; Outdoor Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Exkursion; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Science; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Biologie; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Beobachtung; Audio-CD; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Studieninteresse; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Ethnografie; Freiluftunterricht
Abstract	As popular as field trips are, one might think they have been well-studied. Nonetheless, field trips have not been heavily studied, and little research has mapped what actually transpires during field trips. Accordingly, to address this research gap, I asked two related research questions. The first question is a descriptive one: What happens on field trips? The second question is explanatory: What field trip events are memorable and why? I employed design research and ethnographic methodologies to study learning in naturally occurring contexts. I collaborated with middle-school science teachers to design and implement more than a dozen field trips. The field trips were nested in particular biology and earth sciences focal units. Students were tasked with making scientific observations in the field and then analyzing this data during classroom activities. Audio and video recording devices captured what happened during the field trips, classroom activities and discussions, and the interviews. I conducted comparative microanalysis of videotaped interactions. I observed dozens of events during the field trips that reverberated across time and place. I characterize the features of these events and the objects that drew interest. Then, I trace the residue across contexts. This study suggests that field trips could be more than one-off experiences and have the potential to be resources to seed and enrich learning and to augment interest in the practice of science. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01