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BASTOS, Fernando  e  KRASILCHIK, Myriam. Pesquisas sobre a febre amarela (1881-1903): uma reflexão visando contribuir para o ensino de ciências. Ciência educ. [online]. 2004, vol.10, n.03, pp.417-442. ISSN 1516-7313.

This paper focuses on historical episodes related to medical research concerning yellow fever (1881-1903), and attempts to discuss (a) the influence that economic, social and political factors exert on scientific research; (b) the collective, polemical and nonlinear nature of the process of production of knowledge in science; (c) the arbitrary characteristic of scientific knowledge, in that it represents “a certain point of view”, and it’s not perennial or elaborated exclusively on objective grounds; (d) the limited role played by experimental demonstrations, that are not “irrefutable”; and finally (e) the role played by paradigms, that lead not only to fruitful ways, but also to dead-ends. The intention is to provide suggestionss that are useful both to the science education researchers and teachers.

Palavras-chave : History of Science; Science Education; Yellow Fever.

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