Modern teaching places students in the centre of educational process and fieldwork in the teaching of geography is one of the social types of teaching that makes it possible to happen. This paper focuses on the theoretical aspects of fieldwork in geography and the presence of fieldwork in the teaching of geography. In order to achieve the teaching aims of fieldwork in geography, organisation and implementation of fieldwork are very important. For fieldwork to be successful, there are a few stages that have to be carried out: teachers’ and students’ preparation, fieldwork curriculum planning, assessment and evaluation. Successful achieving of the fieldwork aims depends on the didactic-methodical preparation of teachers and students. A good and thorough preparation of all stages of fieldwork in geography is being described in the methodological part of work, through the method of direct observation of fieldwork attended by the eighth graders. The paper presents the results of the research on the presence and importance of fieldwork in geography and fieldwork in teaching lower grade students, as well as the problems that appear in the organisation and implementation of the teaching process itself. Fieldwork brings students the reality of our world through first-hand experience along with providing them with the geographical knowledge and skills. National curricula of Slovenia, Great Britain and the Czech Republic emphasize the great importance of fieldwork in the teaching of geography during the geographical education of students and their development of life skills.