To gain understanding of how a
fieldtrip with a kindergarten runs, we joined a Copenhagen
kindergarten in one of their everyday fieldtrips.
The fieldtrip was a 15 minutes walk
to the local library, where the children were let free in the kids
department. After the trip we did an interview with the caretaker in
charge of the fieldtrip. He described the procedure when going to a
larger nature area without fences. Usually the caretakers walk around
the area with the children, and tell them how far they can go,
according to some chosen pointers in the surrounding landscape. The
caretakers locate themselves so they can keep an eye on different
areas, and communicate regularly to each other how many children they
have their eyes on. Also, the caretaker was saying, usually they give
responsibilities and tasks to the older children, who help out.
We
discussed technical solutions with the caretaker. He was sceptical
towards a technology that would take over the personal contact and
relation between children and adults. Though, he was very interested
in security enhancing solutions that could give message, if a child
was going away from the group.
