The study examined teachers' perceptions of the utilization of field-trip in teaching and learning
senior secondary school Biology in Rivers State, Nigeria. Three research questions were raised and
answered. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study
comprised of 279 Biology teachers from 102 senior secondary schools in Rivers East Senatorial
District.The simple random sampling technique was used to select 96 teachersfrom 39 schools.The
instrumentforthe studywastheTeachers' Perception on the Utilization of Field-trip inTeaching and
LearningBiology (UFTLB) questionnaire.The reliability of the UFTLB instrument was established
using Cronbach'sAlpha statistic to obtain a reliability coefficient value of 0.88. Mean and standard
deviation were used to analyse and answer the research questions. The findings of the study, among
others,showed that teachers have a high and positive perception of, and positive attitude towardsthe
utilization of field-trip in teaching and learning of senior secondary school Biology. Furthermore,
teachers perceived lack of funds, difficulty in obtaining parental permission and following up with
students, transportation problem, time constraints, lack of encouragement from school authority,
and lack of standby school bus as some factors affecting the utilization of field-trip as an
instructional strategy in the teaching and learning of Biology. It wastherefore recommended that
government and private school owners, and school managements should provide funds, school
buses, materials and needed support for teachers and students to enable them participate
meaningfully in educationalfield-trips.
