De las sociedades Chinchorro al presente. Un enfoque de ciencia y tecnología en educación de museo

The interpretation of the archaeological past as presented in museum displays is bused on the visitor's previous information and the supporting lexis provided by the museum, since personal help tailored to the visitor's needs cannot be permanently at hand. The necessarily limited spaces for textual information, graphic solutions, us well as label contents can seldom answer individual queries within the vast spectrum of visitors and their expectations. Moreover, biophysical requirements oj some museum users mav not be satisfied. A strategic approach to partially overcome these limitations was undertaken through Yatiqasina, software of museum education. This article briefly describes its propositional structure, and reports the results of a recent evaluation of the beta product on attitude, contents, and rallies, in a stratified sample of users in Arica chosen from the educational stratum. This paper is a partial report of an experimental study including four other cities in Chile.