A história da relatividade especial antes de Einstein: elaboração de uma proposta para o Ensino Superior

Abstract

The relevance of teaching about science has been an important issue for educational researches over the last decades. In this new approach, the use of history and philosophy of science is a promising pedagogical strategy to introduce them to treat about development of scientific knowledge in the context of education. To support our research, we in Martins (1990, 2006), Matthews (1995), El-Hani (2006), elements to understand the purpose of the study of the History of Science and justify its use in teaching science. In view of the insertion of the history of modern physics course in teacher training, was drafted six texts to be applied for future physics teachers. The student’s texts include major historical events from Aristotle to Einstein. With this material we intend to demystify the current view that the claims of the theory of special relativity is attributed only to Albert Einstein, without considering, or even decrease, the contribution of Poincaré, Lorentz and others that were of fundamental importance.