Conceito de Calor: Contexto histórico e proposta para a sala de aula

Abstract

The image of science and how it is built has been routinely displayed improperly. Several studies have explored this fact, its implications and possible causes. To build with the students of basic education an image of science most appropriate, the research presented here culminates in a proposed lesson plan, which made use of the History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) as a methodological tool to bring students to the basic education teaching situations that provides discussion about some of the aspects of Nature of Science (NOS). The selected historical content to promote discussion about the NOS was the Nature of Heat being addressed and explanations Substantialist and Atomist views in various historical periods, with emphasis on some theoretical constructs of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. To promote greater efficiency in the process of teaching and learning,lesson plan sought to address the same aspects of NOS in several different activities, using various teaching tools and educational different times, there is also the mathematization chosen content. The final product presented seeks to provide theoretical and practical information for teachers who want to apply the lesson plan to promote debate about the NOS in the classroom.