Inquiry-based laboratory and History of Science: a report about an activity using Oersted’s experiment

This work presents an example of how to explore an historical experiment as a problem to be investigated in an inquiry-based laboratory model. The elaborated and executed purpose is one of the possibilities to insert History of Science in Science classroom. The inquiry-based experimental activity, t...

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Main Authors: José Antonio Ferreira Pinto, Ana Paula Bispo Silva, Éwerton Jéferson Barbosa Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2017-05-01
Series:Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/46001
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Summary:This work presents an example of how to explore an historical experiment as a problem to be investigated in an inquiry-based laboratory model. The elaborated and executed purpose is one of the possibilities to insert History of Science in Science classroom. The inquiry-based experimental activity, the texts with historical approach based on modern historiography of science and teacher’s pedagogical knowledge allowed the development of argumentative skills and the comprehension of electromagnetism concepts. This study was developed with 3rd grade high school students from a public school of State of Paraiba.
ISSN:1677-2334
2175-7941