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Sep 04, 2025 es Article

Promoting scientific vocations among women from Campeche at the Science Workshop for Young People in Campeche

by Esli Safir Romero Flores , Mirna Isela Vallejo , Dolores Molina-Rosales , Luvia del Carmen Padilla Rebolledo , Yuri Jorge Peña-Ramírez

This paper investigates and analyzes the motivations of high school women students from Campeche, Mexico, to ingress in the “Taller de Ciencia para Jóvenes Campeche” (TCJ, Science Workshop for Young People in spanish), an initiative aimed at promoting scientific careers. Using the qualitative technique of content analysis, we infer how their experience in this workshop leads them to consider a scientific career in the future.

Volume 8Issue 022025

May 28, 2025 es Article

Families in educational escape rooms. Analysis of the conversations and interactions that occur in Escape Mode: Only science can save you from Space Science, Uruguay

by Fiorella Silveira , Martha Cambre , Luisa Massarani

This article shares the results of a visitors study conducted with families at Modo Escape: Solo la ciencia podrá salvarte, the educational escape room located at the Espacio Ciencia hands-on center (Montevideo, Uruguay). To collect data for the research, six families' participation in the escape room was recorded using a GoPro camera placed on the head of one of the participants. The interactions and conversations that occurred among family members were subsequently analyzed. The results show that participants spent a significant amount of time engaged in interactive activities, primarily referring to manipulation of objects. It was observed that conversations about topics related to the activity facilitated various situations of collaborative work among participants and were essential for completing the tasks before the time limit expired. Regarding the conceptual content addressed through the activities, it was evident that participants were able to understand some scientific concepts beyond just playing and having fun. We hope that this study will be of interest to anyone interested in designing and implementing educational escape rooms with scientific content.

Volume 8Issue 012025

May 14, 2025 pt Article

Presences of Brazilian science and technology centres and museums in virtual environments: mapping and characterisation

by Antonio Carlos Santos Júnior , Marcelo Valério , Jailson Rodrigo Pacheco

This study maps and characterizes the presence of Brazilian Science and Technology Centers and Museums (CMCT) in the "virtual world", seeking to understand how they fit in and relate to the public in these environments. The websites and social media profiles of 185 CMCTs, selected from the guide published by the Brazilian Association of Science and Technology Museums and Centers, were explored, identifying initiatives for virtualizing collections and practices. The result was that 39% of the institutions are present in virtual environments, but this occurs in an erratic, dispersed and outdated manner, especially with limited interactivity or dialogicity.

Volume 8Issue 012025

Mar 17, 2025 es Article

Indicators of scientific literacy process in the field of environmental education: the case of "Viera y Clavijo" Botanical Garden

by Daniel Fernando Bovolenta Ovigli , Ezequiel Guerra de la Torre , Beatriz Andreu-Mediero

This study presented how the exhibitions at Viera y Clavijo Botanical Garden (JBCVC), Gran Canaria, Spain, contribute to the scientific literacy of its visitors from the perspective Non-Formal Education. The presence of scientific literacy indicators at the JBCVC is evaluated using the tool developed by Marandino et al. [2018], which provides four indicators (scientific, social interface, institutional, and interaction). The results reveal that the exhibitions focus on attributes associated with the scientific indicator, with a limited presence of institutional, social, and aesthetic/affective indicators, and some recommendations are made for the environmental education process at the JBCVC.

Volume 8Issue 012025

Apr 08, 2024 pt Article

In what ways are complex topics such as biodiversity and conservation addressed in immersive exhibitions?

by Maria Paula Correia de Souza , Martha Marandino

Biodiversity and conservation are very popular terms that encompass different kinds of content, and addressing them in educational contexts is challenging. We assume the importance of promoting access to more complex definitions and content on these topics, contributing to the expansion of a reliable repertoire of terms and multifaceted ideas, as well as encouraging engagement with environmental issues. In this article, we discuss how these themes are represented in two immersive exhibitions in Botanical Gardens. To do so, we use Basil Bernstein’s Pedagogic Discourse model, with emphasis on the relationship between discourses from different areas of knowledge and/or forms of knowing (interdisciplinarity). It is considered that a higher degree of interdisciplinarity enhances more multifaceted and complex messages about biodiversity and conservation. The findings reveal that exhibition design plays an important role in expanding interdisciplinarity, and that the context in which the exhibitions are produced and presented also has a significant influence, contributing in different ways to providing access to the complexity of ideas surrounding these themes.

Volume 7Issue 012024Medioambiente y divulgación de la ciencia / Meio ambiente e divulgação da ciência (Medioambiente/Meio ambiente)

Mar 25, 2024 pt Article

Environmental Education Activities in a non-formal space in the context of Science teacher training

by Cristiane Miranda Magalhães Gondin , Alessandra dos Santos Olmedo , Vera de Mattos Machado

This article presents an analysis of activities at the Odilza Fernandes Bittar Environmental Education Center, through observation of a guided tour carried out with teachers in Campo Grande-MS, Brazil. This is a qualitative research based on the Anthropological Theory of Didactics. It highlights the integration of Science and Environmental Education knowledge into the school curriculum. The space is a valuable resource for addressing socio-environmental issues, contributing to scientific dissemination. However, it pointed out the need for planning actions with schools, due to the limited time on guided visits, which makes the approach difficult as pointed out by theoretical assumptions.

Volume 7Issue 012024Medioambiente y divulgación de la ciencia / Meio ambiente e divulgação da ciência (Medioambiente/Meio ambiente)

Oct 16, 2023 es Essay

The necessary demarcation between informal education and PSC for research and practice

by María del Carmen Sánchez-Mora

Scientific culture is expected as a result In the different modalities of science education, this is also a goal of public science communication (PSC), investigated in both cases with different theoretical and methodological approaches. Research in PSC focuses on the quality of products but in informal education it seeks to detect informal learning; both activities are also evaluable from their design, organization, mediation, etc. This article defines and delimits the members of this educational/communicative universe in science as a possible contribution to facilitate the evaluation of practice.

Volume 6Issue 022023

May 16, 2022 es Review

La trastienda de Universum. Reflexiones y propuestas sobre su proceso de renovación museal

by Constanza Pedersoli

“Repensar los museos y centros de ciencias” es un libro escrito a varias voces bajo la coordinación de María del Carmen Sánchez Mora. Su objetivo es dar cuenta de las decisiones que se van tomando en el proceso de rediseño del museo de ciencias Universum perteneciente a la Dirección General de Divulgación de las Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y que resultarán finalmente en su renovación.

Volume 5Issue 012022

Nov 18, 2021 es Review

Más allá de re-imaginar: transformar los museos

by Manuel Franco-Avellaneda

Más allá del entretenimiento y la diversión con la ciencia y la tecnología, nuestras sociedades necesitan espacios educativos de encuentro para el diálogo y la deliberación sobre los conocimientos científicos y tecnológicos. Tales espacios podrían ser museos y centros de ciencia, siempre que logren articularse con las necesidades, situaciones y demandas sociales. Este libro nos propone re-imaginar las exposiciones y las prácticas en los museos a partir de una revisión extensa de literatura y varios estudios de caso, que muestran cómo diferentes escenarios en Brasil, Canadá y EEUU están configurando sus exposiciones para involucrar y debatir con sus públicos sobre temas controversiales a travesados por la ciencia y la tecnología.

Volume 4Issue 022021

Nov 06, 2020 es Article

Formación de mediadores en los museos y centros de ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

by Alba Patricia Macías-Nestor , Elaine Reynoso Haynes , Omar Torreblanca-Navarro

En este artículo se presentan algunas propuestas para la capacitación de los anfitriones mediadores de museos de ciencias que se han explorado en los museos de la Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia (DGDC) de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) con el fin de aportar elementos para la reflexión sobre hacia donde debe ir este proceso de capacitación con base en la evolución de los museos y centros de ciencias (MCC), el papel que desempeñan en el contexto educativo, social y cultural en el que se encuentra, así como los nuevos aportes teóricos y metodológicos. Se describe cómo ha ido cambiando la concepción que se tiene del papel de los mediadores en la DGDC, los marcos teóricos que se han empleado, los perfiles que se requieren y por consiguiente cómo se han ido modificando los programas de capacitación para cumplir con estas propuestas. Finalmente, se presenta una breve discusión sobre las nuevas perspectivas en relación a la formación de los mediadores.

Volume 3Issue 022020

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