The Master's in Scientific Culture and Science Outreach is a joint iniciative of the Instituto de Educação, da Faculdade de Ciências and the Instituto de Ciências Sociais of the Universidade de Lisboa, which has the participation of several other schools of the Universidade de Lisboa, taking advantage of the multidisciplinary knowledge produced in them. The participation of different schools and museums represents an opportunity to create synergies in different areas of knowledge, giving this master's degree an undeniable potential of quality.

This master's degree aims to train professionals to develop strategies to promote the scientific culture of citizens, whereby the perspective of communication and dissemination will accompany all components of the programme, assuming different degrees of depth and scope.

Learning Objectives

With this cycle of studies, it is intended that students:

• Understand scientific culture as an integral part of national heritage, tangible and intangible, and discuss its implications for public decision-making;
• Recognize that understanding science implies knowledge about the nature of science and that its dissemination requires knowledge about strategies for disseminating that knowledge;
• Recognize the importance of formal, non-formal and informal contexts for science learning.
• Reflect on the importance of conceptualizing and organizing scientific heritage in museums and science centres;
• Develop and implement effective strategies for disseminating scientific content according to a specific target audience and specific communication context;
• Acquire the capacity to carry out intervention or research projects in the field of disseminating scientific knowledge based on museums and scientific heritage and their educational services.