Museums and itinerant science centers in the state of Rio de Janeiro: internalizing scientific knowledge

• Autor(a) principal: Mansano da Silva, Thais Deleprani
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Deccache-Maia, Eline
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Actio (Curitiba)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/actio/article/view/14256
• topic: Educação; Ensino; Itinerância; Divulgação científica; Museus e centros de ciências.; Itinerancy; Scientific dissemination; Museums and science centers

This article is the result of a piece of research that analyzed the traveling experiences of the museums and science centers of the state of Rio de Janeiro; their history, their way of acting and the themes addressed in the presentations were also scrutinized. The field of itinerancy has been increasingly present in science education, filling in a gap regarding the access of individuals to nonformal educational spaces and being a very effective tool in the process of scientific dissemination. This piece of research was necessary due to the lack of systematic and centralized information regarding these museums and itinerant science centers. Its aim was to collectivize the information that had been collected, because by providing an overview of these itinerant museums, it is possible to reach more teachers and/or educators so that they can use the services in a more fruitful way. The research was qualitative, making use of strategies in order to identify the various aspects of the studied object. Information was obtained through documentary and bibliographic survey, observation of itinerant activities and interviews with those responsible for itinerant activities. The results pointed to the importance of itinerancy in the interiorization and democratization of access to scientific dissemination equipment.