In this work we describe a tactile planetarium made with the goal of teaching astronomy to visually impaired people, but which is accessible to all. The planetarium consists of two hemispheres representing both the northern ...

This paper is part of a broader research on astronomy education and teachers' education, presenting a national overview about this subject. It tries to set up a classification system for Brazilian astronomy institutions ...

The dissertation aims to contribute to the training of teachers and planetarium professionals, in a perspective of partnership between formal and non-formal environments, taking into account two general problems: the ...