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ALMEIDA, Argus Vasconcelos de  y  FALCAO, Jorge Tarcisio da Rocha. A estrutura histórico-conceitual dos programas de pesquisa de Darwin e Lamarck e sua transposição para o ambiente escolar. Ciência educ. [online]. 2005, vol.11, n.01, pp.17-32. ISSN 1516-7313.

The present work tries to establish a theoretical similarities in complementary among an epistemological approaches between - the methodology of the programs of research of Lakatos - and (a psychological-cognitivist) and - the theory of the conceptual fields of Vergnaud. It - aimsing at the understanding of the programs of research Llamarckian and Ddarwinian programmes of research in their respective validity fields. Through the analysis of the historical-conceptual structure of the two programs and its your conversion for the school environment, verified and discussed problems in the text books of Biology are identified and discussed as is and in the current research on the concept of Evolution among students atof several school levels. As a result of these reflections the theory of the conceptual fields is pointed out as a fruitful analytical instrument of the conceptualization process inof the subjects front to situations involving evolutionary processes.

Palabras clave : Lamarck; Darwin; Evolution; Research Programs; Conceptual Fields.

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