VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS IN NATURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION: ADVANTAGES, CHALLENGES, AND A PRACTICAL APPLICATION AT PORTUGAL
(SGEM WORLD SCIENCE (SWS) Scholarly Society, 2024, Tiago Ribeiro, Marta Paz, Clara Vasconcelos)
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Field trips have long been heralded as an invaluable component of natural sciences education, offering direct engagement with the real world and fostering critical competencies such as environmental insight. However, traditional field trips often face significant barriers, including economic and logistical challenges and a general lack of familiarity among educators with these activities. Virtual field trips (VFTs) present a solution by mitigating these issues digitally. This work proposes a theoretical and practi...



