Fieldwork in Geography: Reflections, Perspectives and Actions

Establishing the Profesionalism of Geography Teacher through Authentic Assessment Field Study

“…Fieldwork is a structured experience of students studying outside the room, with objects such as buildings, geological sites, museums or places that are students' studies. Travel activities can be carried out several hours/days/stay several weeks to be able to conduct outcome learning assessments from students (Gerber & Chuan, 2000). Fieldwork can be defined as learning activities by bringing direct experience on the actual field without any settings as in the classroom (Lobo, 2007).…”

“…Negative views of outdoor activities are related to the waste of funds, time and energy (Fuller et al, 2006). So that the implementation of the field study must really consider work frameworks (Daniella, 1997) The search results of field study activities in several countries in Southeast Asia in the form of fieldwork activities (Gerber & Chuan, 2000) show various variations in the implementation of their activities, namely field trip, fieldwork, and residential. The different types of field activities affect the length of implementation, participants, International Journal of Instruction, April 2020 • Vol.13, No.2 location, final product and assessment.…”

“…More than a quarter of geography teachers outside Java are taught by teachers who are not of geographic background (Gerber & Chuan, 2000). The quality of graduate teachers depends on the quality of the teacher who produces the teacher (Goodwin & Kosnik, 2013).…”

“…Good geography teaching must now include fieldwork (IAAM, 2013). Fieldwork must enter into all levels of education level (Gerber & Chuan, 2000). Fieldwork can improve participants' understanding to be able to develop specific, transfer skills, encourage more active learning and connect theory to the real world (Max, 2009).…”

“…Different forms of fieldwork assessment are more effective. (Gerber & Chuan, 2000). The standard assessment used in the fieldwork is not in accordance with the field conditions, because more knowledge like the one in the textbook, is lacking in attitude assessment (Lai & Lam, 2013).…”