Geography Field Study: the 21st Century Learning Innovation

Abstract

Education in the 21st Century requires skill and creativity to support student learning. Learning does not only focus on the one that is conducted in classrooms, but it also can be conducted in the outside of the class as an alternative learning. The objective of this study is to investigate the role of the field study on Geography subject because of the innovation of learning in the 21st century. This is qualitative study which employed descriptive statistics as the statistical method. The data that were collected through interviews. The results of the study show that innovation in learning makes students more creative and develops students’ skills. Field studies may be used by Geography teachers as environment-based learning supports since Geography laboratories are the nature indicating the importance of field studies for Geography