Relações entre História e FIlosofia da ciência e o ensino por investigação: utilização de experimentos históricos no ensino de Química

Abstract

In this study, we present a review that aims at joining together the following teaching approaches: the Science Teaching through Investigation and the Use of History and Philosophy of Science in Science Teaching. From the relationships established between both approaches, we identify consensus issues as well as apparent obstacles, and discuss ways to overcome such obstacles. In order to characterise historical contexts that are relevant to Science teaching, we use elements from Thomas Kuhns theory of scientific revolutions. We also emphasise how the use of historical experiments as a teaching approach that merges investigation and History of Science can contribute to Science teaching. All the arguments presented in this study are exemplified from both the discussion of the historical case The horror of vacuum and the presentation of the experiments proposed by Francis Bacon, Evangelista Torricelli, and Robert Boyle. Such experiments are presented in a way that favours their use in Science teaching.