Digital Didactics and Science Centres: An Innovative Proposal

Abstract

This article presents the Pedagogical Itineraries, an innovative educational proposal to teachers and students of basic education and high school students (elementary and secondary education), and to the customers of science centres (museums, zoos and other informal education places). Besides offering elements to digital didactics and educational opportunities using a virtual support that allows interaction and appropriation of knowledge in topics of the natural sciences field, our goal is to offer subsidies for the use of these learning objects in a logical and flexible manner. Furthermore, new creations made by teachers, students and science centre visitors can be integrated with the pre-existing itineraries. Therefore, what is proposed is not a mass production of media fragments, but a professional structure that supports production and an interactive and educational use of these resources. So, it will be possible to contribute to increasing the scientific knowledge. In this context we have developed a didactic proposal which involves the production of learning objects with an emphasis on creativity, interactivity and interdisciplinary of content. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)