The Role of Emotions in a Visit of Teenagers to the Rio de Janeiro Aquarium

Authors

  • Luisa Massarani Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Shawn Rowe Oregon State University
  • Graziele Scalfi Instituto Nacional de Comunicação Pública da Ciência e Tecnologia
  • Waneicy Gonçalves Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Carla Maria da Silva Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Priscila Coelho Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Jessica Norberto Rocha Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Keywords:

informal education, emotional experience, interactions, emotions

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a qualitative and exploratory research on the impressions and emotional reactions of five groups of teenagers from public schools who visited the Rio de Janeiro Marine Aquarium (Aquarium), located in Brazil. The audiovisual data were analyzed with the support of a qualitative analysis software that uses standardized emotion descriptors, and examined from a sociocultural perspective in which emotions were organized into three categories: i) emotions related to the experience of the activity; ii) emotions related to the science learning process; and iii) emotions related to social, cultural and value interactions. The results indicate that the visit to AquaRio provided teenagers with rich and varied emotional experiences, as revealed by the consistency of their emotional responses. The high occurrence of positively valued emotion descriptors indicates that the experience was mainly characterized by appreciation, recognition of species diversity and emotional attachment to marine animals, with evidence that these emotions addressed attention, experiences of learning and motivation.

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Author Biographies

Luisa Massarani, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Coordenadora do Instituto Nacional de Comunicação Pública da Ciência e Tecnologia, da MUSA Iberoamericana: red de museos y centros de ciencia-Cyted, e do mestrado de divulgação da ciência, tecnologia e saúde, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Brasil. Pesquisadora Produtividade 1B do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) e cientista do Nosso Estado da Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Faperj).

Shawn Rowe, Oregon State University

Pesquisador da Oregon State University, Estados Unidos.

Graziele Scalfi, Instituto Nacional de Comunicação Pública da Ciência e Tecnologia

Pesquisadora do Instituto Nacional de Comunicação Pública da Ciência e Tecnologia (INCT-CPCT).

Waneicy Gonçalves, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Bolsista TCT da Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro do INCT-CPCT.

Carla Maria da Silva, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Bolsista TCT da Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro do INCT-CPCT.

Priscila Coelho, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Mestre em divulgação da ciência, tecnologia e saúde, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz).

Jessica Norberto Rocha, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Divulgadora científica da Fundação Cecierj, membro de MUSA Iberoamericana e docente do mestrado de divulgação da ciência, tecnologia e saúde da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz. Jovem cientista do Nosso Estado da Faperj.

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2022-03-23

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Massarani, L., Rowe, S., Scalfi, G., Gonçalves, W., da Silva, C. M., Coelho, P., & Rocha, J. N. (2022). The Role of Emotions in a Visit of Teenagers to the Rio de Janeiro Aquarium. Revista Iberoamericana De Ciencia, Tecnología Y Sociedad - CTS (Ibero-American Science, Technology and Society Journal), 17(49). Retrieved from https://ojs.revistacts.net/index.php/CTS/article/view/261

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