Epistemological conceptions of biology majors and their transformation by an explicit proposal for teaching history and philosophy of science

This paper reports the results obtained in the test of a proposal for the teaching of history and philosophy of science to Higher Education students enrolled in courses on natural sciences. The proposal takes actual historical examples as a basis for eliciting discussions about philosophical issues....

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Main Authors: Charbel Niño El-Hani, Eraldo José Madureira Tavares, Pedro Luís Bernardo da Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2004-12-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID118/v9_n3_a2004.pdf