Drug Consumption and Teenage Pregnancy: Critical Issues and Public Engagement in Museum Exhibits

• In Event: Roundtable Session 49
  In Roundtable Session: STEM Learning and Engagement in Museums

Abstract

This study aims to examine dimensions of public engagement with museum exhibits that approach critical socioscientific issues. Particularly, we focus on the patterns of science communication established between the exhibits and the visitors. Using a multiple case study methodology, we present preliminary findings of the individual case related to the exhibits Alerts and Preventing Youth Pregnancy displayed by the Catavento museum (São Paulo, Brazil). Data collected through interviews, observation, field notes and documents reveal dimensions of dialogue, participation and action prompted by the exhibits.

Authors

• Ana Maria Navas Iannini, University of Toronto

• Erminia G. Pedretti, OISE/University of Toronto