The explainers of Ciências Sob Tendas: analysis of their perceptions about the contributions of a university science museum

• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Gustavo Henrique Varela Saturnino
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Carlétti, Chrystian, Rodrigues, Maria Clara dos Santos, Fragel-Madeira, Lucianne, Coutinho-Silva, Robson, Pereira, Grazielle Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/6033
• topic: Non-formal education; Science communication; Science museum.; Educación no formal; Comunicación científica; Museos de ciencias.; Educação não formal; Divulgação científica; Museu de Ciências.

Mediation in Science Centers and Museums is a challenge for those who does it. However, acting as a explainer in these spaces has a great training potential for a student in personal, academic and professional’s level. When interacting with the most varied audience, the explainer learns to deal with people of different ages, social levels, education and cultures. When playing their role, in an attempt to understand what visitors know or think, explainers end up acquiring information that can enrich their experience in a unique way. The objective of this research was to identify, according to the perception of the explainers, what academic and personal contributions Ciências Sob Tendas (in english - Sciences Under Tents) (CST) provided to them throughout their performance. In this qualitative study, carried out through semi-structured questionnaires addressed to the explainers from the traveling science center CST, the thematization technique was used. We observed that acting as explainer in CST enriched its academic development, with regard to the perceptions of "Scientific research", "New knowledge", "Interdisciplinarity" and "Curricular components", like their personal development with regard to the perceptions of "Empathy", "Feelings", "Communication" and "Cultural exchange". Thus, this research showed us that the traveling science center Ciências Sob Tendas has contributed to the integral training of its explainers.