The Development of Dalton`s Atomic Theory as a Case Study in the History of Science: Reflections for Educators in Chemistry

The inclusion of the history of science in science curricula-and specially, in the curricula of science teachers-is a trend that has been followed in several countries. The reasons advanced for the study of the history of science are manifold. This paper presents a case study in the history of chemistry, on the early developments of John Dalton`s atomic theory. Based on the case study, several questions that are worth discussing in educational contexts are pointed out. It is argued that the kind of history of science that was made in the first decades of the twentieth century (encyclopaedic, continuist, essentially anachronistic) is not appropriate for the development of the competences that are expected from the students of sciences in the present. Science teaching for current days will benefit from the approach that may be termed the ""new historiography of science"".

INVESTIGATING THE PRESENCE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN UNIVERSITY GENERAL CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS

INVESTIGATING THE PRESENCE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN UNIVERSITY GENERAL CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS. This paper aims at analyzing the history of science content of three general chemistry textbooks used in Brazilian universities: the translations of Kotz and Treichel's Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity, Atkins and Jones's Chemical Principles, and Garritz and Chamizo's Quimica. Results revealed different trends for the inclusion of history of science in chemistry teaching. Katz & Treichel and Atkins & Jones used history mainly as curiosity and ornament. Garritz & Chamizo adopted the historical approach as one of the organizing axis of their textbook. Nevertheless, the historical content of the three textbooks may be criticized from current historiographical standpoint.

Contributions to the history of science,

Each part also published separately, 1915 and 1916 respectively.

The history of science and the new humanism,

Mode of access: Internet.

Introduction to the history of science ...

I. From Homer to Omar Khayyam.--II. From Rabbi Ben Ezra to Roger Bacon, pt. 1-2.--III. Science and learning in the fourteenth century, pt. 1-2.

A guide to the history of science; a first guide for the study of the history of science, with introductory essays on science and tradition.

Classified and annotated.

Introduction to the history of science ...

Mode of access: Internet.

A history of science,

Contains reference lists and notes.

A history of science,

Contains reference lists and notes.

A list of books on the history of science. January, 1911.

Accompanied by "Second supplement. Prepared by Reginald B. Gordon." (v. 25 cm.) Published: Chicago, The John Crerar library, 1942-