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Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-437-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-9-437-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
Research article
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06 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 06 Oct 2026

Field or virtual? Perceived impact of academic excursions through the eyes of (future) hydrologists

Roel Dijksma, Adriaan J. Teuling, Lieke A. Melsen, Victor F. Bense, and Martine J. van der Ploeg

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Scientific field work is an expensive and time consuming teaching method is the scientific community. A survey among former participants of a hydrological Master excursion to Iceland, organized by Wageningen University (the Netherlands) showed that real excursions have a long lasting impact on the scientific development of students, in contrast to virtual excursions. As quoted by one of the participants: "You can learn a lot in a classroom, but an excursion makes you remember".
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