História da genética na perspectiva Fleckiana narrada para estudantes da educação básica

Abstract

This work is based on the contributions that the history of science can bring to the teaching of sciences in general and, in particular, to the teaching of genetics. We start from Fleck's epistemology, from the concept of collective thought, to empirically identify the contributions of the use of the history of science in the classroom. The biography of scientist Gregor Mendel was used to develop the concept of thought collectives and to verify possible changes in the students' view of science. The research was carried out with three high school classes from a private school in the city of João Monlevade, during biology classes, and aims to promote the use of the history of science to make the teaching-learning process more meaningful and enjoyable, in addition to present a different perspective than what is usually worked in the classroom. The results may indicate a new view of students on the subject.