History, Philosophy and the nature of Science: a proposal of inserting the themes in High School, by employing the Laws of Thermodynamics.
Physics Teaching; History of Science; Nature of Science; Laws of Thermodynamics; Thermal Machines.
In this work, we seek to elaborate a proposal for the use of History and
Philosophy of Science (HFC) in High School teaching, aiming to help
build among students a conception about the nature of science as well as
its relations with the other elements of the social dynamics, by understanding
it as a human construction, strongly influenced by the socio-cultural factors
of each era. To this end, we seek to draw a panorama of the perception of
basic education physics teachers on the subject, as well as to analyze
how the textbooks of this discipline have contributed in this scenario.
We observed that there is a positive perception of teachers in relation to
this historical approach, but that most textbooks analyzed do not bring
historical content in a fully satisfactory way. Therefore, we have
developed a teacher support material for use in high school, addressing
the history of thermal machines and the development of the laws of
Thermodynamics as an instrument for the insertion in the classroom
of discussions about how scientific development occurs, not only
including episodes of success, but also mistakes and controversies.