REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE FOCUSING ON HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE “CADERNO BRASILEIRO DE ENSINO DE FÍSICA” FROM 2010 TO 2020

Abstract

The present paper presents a survey of the state of art of the approach given by History and Philosophy of Sciences (HPS) as applied to the classroom, registered in one of the most traditional Brazilian journals on Physics Teaching: the “Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física” (CBEF), from the Federal University of Santa Catarina. From this source we have analyzed selected material from 2010 to 2020. The results presented in these papers indicate that the application of HPS allows discussion of the process of construction of scientific knowledge, promoting a contextualized study and approximating the student to the evolutionary process of science. One also verified that there is a lack of studies on HPS approaches in the classroom, considering the published papers during the period analyzed. One hopes that the analysis of the revision may contribute to physics professionals and students who are interested in the application of HPS in the classroom, allowing one to reflect on the didactical interventions presented in the selected papers.