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Marandino, Martha – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
In this paper I report on the sociological and educational particulars of "The Biodiscovery Space" exhibition of the Life Museum of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using Basil Bernstein's framework of pedagogic discourse and recontextualization. Data for analysis was obtained from interviews with the exhibition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teaching Centers, Museums, Exhibits
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Bozdogan, Aykut Emre; Yalcin, Necati – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2009
This research aimed to examine the effects of visiting exhibitions and participating in the activities offered by science centers on raising the interest of second level students of primary education in science and improving their academic achievements. Thirty one 8th grade students chosen randomly from primary schools participated in the research…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Regression (Statistics)
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Afonso, Ana S.; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
Framed by a "personal constructivist" perspective, this study analyses visitors' use of spontaneous memories in understanding different types of interactive exhibits, the nature and sources of the retrieved memories, and the way that visitors relate an exhibit analogically to memories of previous exhibits. One hundred and thirteen…
Descriptors: Semantics, Exhibits, Constructivism (Learning), Museums