2020
DOI: 10.1590/1806-9126-rbef-2019-0354
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Seeing by proxy: a detailed analysis of an educational interaction at the telescope

Abstract: Astronomy education research is a growing field but the attention given to informal educational activities, such as telescope observations, museum visits or planetarium sessions, is still relatively scarce. In consequence, the area is poorly studied and understood. Addressing this gap, this present paper examines informal educational practices in an astronomical observatory through detailed analysis of a complete turn at the telescope by a small child, who is observing the Sun with the assistance of a guide. U… Show more

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“…In the details of these rich interactions we also found insights on what are the characteristics of astronomy education in the planetarium. Indeed, the local ecology of the planetarium itself is a crucial feature of these astronomy education sessions, which is distinct from other educative facilities such as classrooms, or even other astronomy education facilities such as observatories (Carlin et al, 2021;Marques et al, 2020). The planetarium is a powerful geocentric simulator of the sky, which also affords allocentric simulation.…”
Section: The Role Of the Planetarium In Astronomy Educationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the details of these rich interactions we also found insights on what are the characteristics of astronomy education in the planetarium. Indeed, the local ecology of the planetarium itself is a crucial feature of these astronomy education sessions, which is distinct from other educative facilities such as classrooms, or even other astronomy education facilities such as observatories (Carlin et al, 2021;Marques et al, 2020). The planetarium is a powerful geocentric simulator of the sky, which also affords allocentric simulation.…”
Section: The Role Of the Planetarium In Astronomy Educationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whether manual or motorised, telescopes used in astronomy education are constituted by mirrors and lenses. Hence, looking through the telescope for the first time may be a problematic moment: it can take time to get used to addressing the eyepiece without seeing the back of your own eye, or eyelashes, and instead looking through the telescope at a particular object, as we discuss elsewhere [7,8]. Finding the right position and distance from the eyepiece may involve touch with one's eye-socket, which is now discouraged.…”
Section: Night-sky Observations and Covid-19 Restrictionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Informal education in astronomy is conducted in different settings and involves diverse stakeholders, but the area is not well organized or integrated (Marques and Freitas 2016); few studies concern guided interactions (Stroud, Groome, Connolly, and Sheppard 2007), for instance in planetaria, observatories, or astronomy-related museums and science centers. In this group we can also include Marques, Carlin and Moutinho (2020) and Carlin, Marques and Moutinho (2021), who investigate the interaction of an astronomer guide with a child while observing the Sun with a telescope, and Marques, Carlin and Moutinho (2021), who explore the methods and strategies a group of guides use to communicate about astronomical time in planetarium sessions. Apart from those, most studies have their focus elsewhere.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%