DOI: 10.36344/ccijhss.2019.v05i02.003

Pages: 36-42

Fieldwork has long been central to the teaching and learning of geography at school and university levels. The purpose of fieldwork in geography stems from how geography was constructed as a discipline and how it was used to understand and make sense of the world. Fieldwork is at the heart of geography just as clinical practice is to medicine. For a geographer, the laboratory is the world outside. This study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of field work in the teaching and learning of geography at ordinary level in secondary schools. using the qualitative methodology. The main finding reveals that fieldwork was very beneficial to the learners and yet faced a number of challenges like lack of time, lack of resources as well as lack of experienced teachers. The researcher recommends that teachers should get adequate training on the fundamentals of fieldwork so that they properly guide the learners.