Experiments and contexts in the interactive exhibitions of centers and museums of science

Authors

  • Maura Ventura Chinelli Universidade Federal Fluminense Rua Visconde do Rio Branco s/n, São Domingos – Niterói – RJ – Brasil. CEP: 24 210-200 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Av. Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos - Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brasil. CEP: 21 040-360
  • Luiz Edmundo Vargas de Aguiar Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro Rua Lúcio Tavares, 1045, Nilópolis – RJ – Brasil. CEP: 26 530-060 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Av. Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos - Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brasil. CEP: 21 040-360

Keywords:

centers and museums of science, scientific education, nature of science, action research.

Abstract

Here is described a research that meant to indentify, through analysis of experiments and contexts in interactive expositions held by centers and museums of science, the necessary conditions for grasping the scientific culture in the post-positivist conception. The project was developed with the participation of students in training courses for teachers on a proposal based on the principles and methods of action research, in order to form skills that lead to interferences in the professional future. The results show that the samples of interactive exhibits are organized according to the classic paradigm: they offer opportunities for experimentation that produce observational data supposedly neutral and maintain separate nature and human being. In conclusion, we have those exhibits contribute to bringing the visitors closer to the positivistic science, not contributing to bring them closer to the concept of science based on the contemporary paradigm of complexity.

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Published

2016-09-14

How to Cite

Chinelli, M. V., & de Aguiar, L. E. V. (2016). Experiments and contexts in the interactive exhibitions of centers and museums of science. Investigations in Science Education, 14(3), 377–392. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/348

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2009): December of 2009

Section

Artigos

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