Abstract

SILVA, Clarete Paranhos da; FIGUEIROA, Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça; NEWERLA, Vivian Branco  and  MENDES, Maria Izabel Porazza. Subsídios para o uso da história das ciências no ensino: exemplos extraídos das geociências. Ciência educ. [online]. 2008, vol.14, n.03, pp.497-517. ISSN 1516-7313.

This article discusses the relevance of the use of the History of science in education, within different disciplines - namely, History, Portuguese Language, Science, and Mathematics. It presents examples of this integration, based upon researches (masters degree and, or Ph.D. thesis). We intend to strengthen the perception of the importance of the History of Science at all educational levels, understood as a history that presenting science in its full historicity, as a social and cultural praxis carried out by human beings immersed in a culture. Therefore, from our theoretical framework, science is a social-cultural practice. Therefore, the History of Science contributes to the awareness of the functioning of scientific inquiry, as well as its technological appropriations and can question the dogmatic transmission of knowledge.

Keywords : History of Science; Geosciences; Interdisciplinarity.

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