The history of science (distorted or absent) in textbooks: the content on the "Torricelli experiment" as a case study
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1982-5153.2018v11n1p101Abstract
This paper presents research referring to History of Science in Brazilian school books. Particularly, our goal was to contribute to the understanding of the way elements related to the process of historical construction of the concept of atmospheric pressure appear in school books. This work discusses specifically the results from the analyses accomplished according to the following criteria: historiographical concerns, Brazilian educational documents, primary and secondary sources in History of Science related to the development of the concept of atmospheric pressure. Some problems were noticed such as anachronism, pseudohistory, näive views regarding Nature of Science, the absence of explanations supported by past thinker and a (totally) decontextualized approach to Torricelli’s experiment.Downloads
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