Abstract
This research addressed the influence of the French naturalists in the Portuguese science
textbooks, regarding the presentation of the theories of the origin of species. With this
aim it was studied five representative textbooks of Natural Science of the XIX and XX
centuries, through a chart of the following categories of analysis: French naturalists;
nature of science; History of Science. The results show that the creationist or
evolutionary conceptions from different French naturalists were frequently mentioned
by the authors of textbooks. That approach was carried out according to the nature of
science perspectives currently characterized as positivist or post-positivist and using
sources of History of Science.
Original language | Portuguese |
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Journal | Entretextos |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- EDUCATION
- NATURAL SCIENCES
- CREATIONISM
- EVOLUTIONISM
- HISTORY OF SCIENCES
- TEXTBOOKS