História e natureza da ciência: um roteiro para análise do livro didático

Abstract

The relation between history and philosophy of science and science teaching has been considered subject of research for a long time. Some studies show that the use of history and philosophy of science in science teaching can contribute to grow the student as critical citizen because it can include aspects of nature of science. Considering these aspects the textbooks has improved their content about history and philosophy of science based on Governmental public policies. The Government established criteria to evaluate the textbook through the textbook programs called PNLD and PNLEM. However, the Governmental programs do not evaluate the historical material of the textbook about the parameters of nature of science content. This work presents a guide to help teachers to evaluate their own textbook about the contents of history and philosophy of science and nature of science. We had as base the recent research about the contribution of historical episodes to the understanding of some aspects of nature of science in science teaching.