A multi-approach perspective for the attention of the diversity of the audiences in science museums: the pedagogical model of the Bogota Planetarium.

Abstract

The Bogota Planetarium, in its role as a science center, cultural equipment of the District Institute of the Arts IDARTES and science museum aims to ensure the exercise of cultural rights through the construction of communities with emphasis on the appropriation of scientific, artistic, and technological knowledge of the various audiences it impacts. For this purpose, an interdisciplinary network in dissemination and education has been proposed, implying a unified vision for developing actions. For this reason, it is necessary to have a pedagogical model for non-conventional educational spaces, which, for the Bogota Planetarium, is based on a constructivist theory that brings together the approaches of science, technology, and society, differential approach, universal learning design, an investigative approach, and visible thinking; these will be unified and put into action through a reflective methodology that works from a transdisciplinary thematic axis. Finally, based on the results and evidence obtained from the implementation of visible thinking, it will be possible to conduct a contextualized evaluation that will lead to feedback on the model and the processes.