Relationship of Science and Technology Center facilitators' views and practices on inquiry: application to NOESIS

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Published: Apr 1, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.8025
Keywords:
inquiry non-formal education museum educators practices views
Maria Karnezou
Κέντρο Διάδοσης Επιστημών και Μουσείο Τεχνολογίας ΝΟΗΣΙΣ
Petros Kariotoglou
Abstract

In the context of an ELIDEK funded project, we studied inquiry-based views and practices of museum educators at NOESIS. For that, we developed an interview protocol to study their views and modified an already existing observation protocol to observe their practices. The interviews were conducted online and the practices were observed when they realized educational programs for school groups. Data analysis draws from bibliography-based categories and points out that while museum educators’ practices move on an inquiry driven continuum, their views lack a solid theoretical basis.

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