Associate Professor in Faculty of Education, University of São Paulo. Graduate in Biological Sciences; Master's degree in Education and PHD in Education. Professor of the University of São Paulo (from 2012) and coordinator of the Research Group on Informal Education and Science Comunication/ GEENF. Worked from 1998 to 2002 in the Education Coordination of the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences / MAST / MCTCI performing research and education activities. Member of the International Council of Museum / ICOM participaiting at the Committee of Museums of Science and Technology / CIMUSET and the Committee of Education and Cultutal Action/ CECA. Vice-coordinator of FEUSP's Museum of Education and Toy. Was president, vice-president (from 2002 to 2006) and treasurer (from 2009 to 2011) of the Brazilian Association of Teaching of Biology / SbenBio. Was vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Research in Education in Science (2005 to 2011). Works in teaching, research and extension in the areas of Science Teaching and Museum Education. She is a lecturer at the Postgraduate Program at the School of Education of USP and at the Interunit Program in Science Education at USP. Collaborates in the Specialization Course in Dissemination of Science, Technology and Health of Fiocruz. Research projects, publications and supervision of scientific initiation, masters and PHDs with subjects such as science teaching, biology teaching, scientific communication and museum education. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Science, Technology, Society and Environment (STS&A) education seeks to explore the interactions between science and society and to promote critical and complex views of scientific literacy process. This perspective has been developed in actions and research in informal education and, especially in science museums. These places, which are historically used to present a unique and finished…
Children, either with their families or as part of school trips, are one of the largest groups visiting museums today. Nevertheless, little is known about the contribution of museums to the process of Scientific Literacy (SL) of this audience. Thus, the main objective of this research is to analyze how science museums contribute to the scientific literacy of children in the family context…
This project aims to study the political dimension of popularization of science and technology, and the social impact of popularization initiatives in some science museums of brazilian cities. The first approach will be a documental analysis of texts, discourses and plans of actions elaborated by the MCT (Ministry of Science and Technology) between 2003-2005, in order to re-construct the …
The trajectory of science museums has been based on overlaps and tensions, related to the various forms of knowledge and the power relations between territories, actors and institutions involved. With regard to biodiversity, its presence in museums has already been noted in the Cabinets of Curiosities since the 16th century and in other social spaces since the development of the habit of …
This research project aims to study the conception of biodiversity presented in science museums exhibitions based on the intentional praxeology, expressed in the expositive discourse, and the learned praxeology presented in the perception of the public, during the visits. To develop the research one kinds of exhibition object was selected: the dioramas. Two museums were selected: one from…
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