History of Science as Context in Physics Teaching Sequences. Levels, Illustration and Framework

Abstract

The History of Science has been present in the Teaching Sequences in various ways since the beginning of teaching science in schools. Nowadays experts on Science Education recommend the contextualization of the Teaching Sequences and/or activities in order to have meaning and interest for the students. Our framework tries to relate the scholar Science Modelling perspective with the reflections about the Teaching Sequences contextualization. We will comment about possible uses of History of Science as context in the science teaching in the XXI century, and about the levels of context that may be introduced in science teaching based on context or teaching-in-context. A Teaching Sequence and some activities based on History of Galilean Relativity will illustrated our perspective and will be justified through our theoretical framework.