Resumo

AVILA MELENDEZ, Norma Angélica. Taking Knowledge for Yourself: Book Review of Non-formal Educational Contexts: Museums and the Appropriation of Scientific Knowledge. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.17, pp.96-99. ISSN 2007-249X.

This BOOK REVIEW of Non-formal Educational Contexts: Museums and the Appropriation of Scientific Knowledge (García and Espinosa 2015) highlights a collective work that presents empirical evidence and epistemic reflections on the appropriation of scientific knowledge in no-normal education. This topic is of particular interest to professionals that are mindful of the relation between science and society due to three issues. Firstly, it propitiates educators to review the theories of learning that underlie their practices. Second, it provides museum experts with a scientific approximation to the proper knowledge. Finally, it encourages researchers to contemplate the social distribution of scientific knowledge and the role of museums in the national context.

Palavras-chave : scientific knowledge appropriation; cyber museum; non-formal education; museums and proper knowledge; Mexico.