Cândido Vendrasco, Natália
PhD student, admission 2019
Nationality: Brazilian
Education: Biologist, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Master in Didactics of Natural Sciences, PUCV
Introduction: Natália Cândido Vendrasco is a biologist from the Federal University of Sao Paulo – Brazil, has a Master's in Didactics of Experimental Sciences from PUCV and is a doctoral candidate in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. During her studies, she worked as an educator in various non-formal scientific education spaces and projects in Brazil and Chile, as a collaborating professor at the Universidade Federal do ABC, in Brazil, and as a teacher trainer in basic education pedagogy careers and in the teacher training program at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where she currently works.
His work has focused on the teaching and learning processes of science in non-formal spaces, and on the initial training of science teachers.
His research and contributions have been disseminated at major conferences in the area of science education such as Enseñanza de las Ciencias and the ESERA Conference. In addition, the student was awarded the ESERA Early Career Researcher Travel Awards 2020 award to develop part of her doctoral studies at a European university and she received the Excellence Award for Teaching from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2021.
About my thesis
Thesis: Characteristics of mediation in non-formal spaces of scientific education and its relationship with the professional knowledge of mediators
Project description: The objective of my research is to characterize the mediation carried out during guided visits to non-formal spaces for science education with living collections such as zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens.
Director: Ainoa Marzabal Blancafort
Line of research: School teaching and learning
Publications
Publications
- Vendrasco, N., Navarrete, T., Olivares, R., Astroza, V. and Fuente, R. (2018). 9A012 Teaching science outside the classroom: an experience with trainee teachers. Tecné Episteme and Didaxis TED, 1-6. Latinindex.
- Vendrasco, N., Guzman, E., Carrasco, X. and Merino, C. (2018). 7A010 Teacher training in Environmental Education: an experience in Chile. Tecné Episteme and Didaxis TED, 1-8. Latinindex.
- Vendrasco, N., Maturana, J., Gallardo, F., Guzmán, E. and Santibáñez, D. (2017). Scientific camps: transforming the vision of scientists in Chilean students. Science Education, Extra, 1679-1684.
- Vendrasco, N., Vargas, FG and Flores, MF (2017). Doing science, I preserve my Region: a non-formal teaching experience in the Valparaíso region, Chile. Innovation Magazine in Science Education, 1(2)
- Vendrasco, NC, Rubilar, CM, Cortez, IEA, Madrid, AA and Vargas, FG (2016). Didacticiencia: a platform for teaching, learning and dissemination of Natural Sciences. International Journal of Learning in Science, Mathematics and Technology, 2(one). Redib.
- Zamberlam, CR, Vendrasco, NC, Oliveira, DR, Gaiardo, RB, & Cerutti, SM (2016). Effects of standardized Ginkgo biloba extract on the acquisition, retrieval and extinction of conditioned suppression: Evidence that short-term memory and long-term memory are differentially modulated. Physiology & Behavior, 165, 55-68. Scopus.
- Vendrasco, NC, Cerati, TM & Rabinovici, A. (2013). Why do teachers visit a botanical garden?. Science Education: Magazine of Investigation and Didactic Experiences, Extra, 633-637.
Presentations
- EARLI, Oral Paper Presented “Productive and argumentative discussions in science in Chile: practices, needs, and challenges”, online, Sweden, 2021.
- ENPEC Congress, oral paper presented “Mediator's roles in different models of guided visits to non-formal education spaces in the context of science teaching”, Brazil, 2021.
- ESERA Conference, oral paper presented “Learning and teaching Science outside the classroom: experiences with preservice teachers in Chile and Brazil”, Bologna, Italy, 2019.
- VIII International Congress on Science Teacher Training, Oral Work Presented "Teaching Sciences outside the classroom: an experience with teachers in training", Bogotá, Colombia, 2018.
- 2nd Congress of the Chilean Society for Science Education, Guest Lecturer and Paper Presented “What is a science camp for? The effect on NOS and the visions on scientists”, Santiago, Chile, 2017.
- 10th International Congress on Research in Science Didactics, Oral Work Presented "Scientific Camps: transforming the vision of scientists in Chilean students", Seville, Spain, 2017.
- RedPOP Congress, oral work presented Developing teachers' understanding of Scientific Inquiry from the experience in a science camp, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017.
- National Meeting of Students of Pedagogy in Natural Sciences, Guest speaker, "Scientific camps, an innovative experience in science teaching", Valparaíso, Chile, 2016.
- European Conference on Science Camps and non-formal Science Education, Invited Speaker (Workshop) and Poster “How to teach Nature of Science and change student's views about scientists in Science Camps?”, Berlin, Germany, 2016.
- III Latin American Congress of Research in Science Didactics, Oral Work Presented "Playing with trophic webs: A sequence for learning ecological concepts", Montevideo, Uruguay, 2016.
- 32nd Latin American Congress of Chemistry 2016, Poster "Analysis of activities in chemistry and physics books, ICT activity proposal for teaching atomic theory and validation of an evaluation instrument", Concepción, Chile, 2016.
- 3rd National Meeting of Disseminators of Science and Technology, Oral Work Presented "Teaching and Learning Sequences for the design of a Marine Education, in the context of non-formal Education", Punta Arenas, Chile, 2015.
- 3rd National Meeting of Disseminators of Science and Technology, Oral Work Presented "Future education at the Coastal Station for Marine Research and Chile es Mar, an innovative experience in scientific education", Punta Arenas, Chile, 2015.
- Ibero-American Congress of Science, Technology, Innovation and Education, Poster "Analysis and characterization of two groups visiting the Botanical Garden of São Paulo", Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014.
- Ibero-American Congress of Science, Technology, Innovation and Education, Poster "Analysis of the activities present in chemistry and physics textbooks and proposal of ICT activities for teaching atomic theory", Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014.
- International Congress on Education and Learning, Paper Presented - online version "Didacticiencia: a platform for teaching, learning and dissemination of Natural Sciences", New York, United States, 2014.
- 26 Meetings of Didactics of Experimental Sciences, Poster "Didacticiencia: An audiovisual resource for the dissemination and assessment of Science and Technology", Huelva, Spain, 2014.
- IX International Conference on Research in Science Education, Poster "Why do teachers visit a Botanical Garden?", Girona, Spain, 2013.
Awarded contests
Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2021.
- Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2021.
ESERA Early Career Research Travel Awards, European Science Education Research Association, 2020.
- ESERA Early Career Research Travel Awards, European Science Education Research Association, 2020.
Participation in projects
"Talking in Science": Characterization of the challenges and needs in facilitating productive and argumentative scientific discussions in basic education”. FONDECYT 11190469.
Line of research: teaching and learning
Academics: Florence Gomez
Students: Natália Candido, Jocelyn Gaete, Victoria Arriagada
