wonderful, David!

Insightful talk; however, I maintain that field trips are helpful but not overly effective. These sorts of "outside the classroom" environments are useful in so far as they help to plant seeds of student interest and nudge a student toward deeper learning. Field trips are a good starting point, especially through the power of novelty to awaken students to something new. Field trips can be useful as you near an endpoint of a unit as well by helping students bridge the abstract to the concrete. The hard work of teaching and learning, however, still needs to be done. Even when given a choice in the aquarium, the students probably chose to go where their friends went, NOT to the place to optimize learning (apart from your top 10% of students, who are probably the example students he cites). The difference between field trips and classroom learning is the difference between superficial learning and deep learning. The trip was (no doubt) unforgettable. Perhaps students "perceived" an increase in learning. However, the deep, transformational learning did not occur under a "theme park" pavilion or beside a tourist cafe at the zoo. The danger is that kids might come away thinking they are now experts in marine biology. This nurtures confidence without corresponding competence.

Inspiring ideas!

Stanley park! that's an awesome place for a classroom!

Truly inspirational.

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David Barnum works at my school on tusdays

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