Contributions of Laudan´s philosophy of science for understanding epistemological conceptions of high school students

Authors

  • Verónica Guridi Programa de Post-Graduación en Educación. Facultad de Educación. Universidad de San Pablo. 05508- San Pablo - Brasil.
  • Julia Salinas Departamento de Física. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Avda. Independencia 1800 - 4000 Tucumán. Argentina
  • Alberto Villani Instituto de Física. Universidad de San Pablo. Rua do Matão, Travessa R, 186. 05508- San Pablo-Brasil.

Keywords:

Philosophy of Science, Laudan, epistemological conceptions, secondary school.

Abstract

This work intents to rescue some contributions of Larry Laudan´s Philosophy of Science in order to understand epistemological conceptions helded by secondary students. The analysis was done retaking the results of previous works (Guridi, 1999; Salinas & Guridi, 2001) which studied some relationships between student´s epistemological views and conceptual comprehension in Newtonian Mechanics. Student´s epistemological conceptions appeared to be more rich and complex than those described in previous works. This result lead us to reflect upon possible factors that influence the development of views about Science and scientific knowledge and upon the ways in which the different components are combined to get such complex views of Science. We find in Larry Laudan´s Philosophy of Science a plausible theoretical framework which enable us to understand the nature of such process. We discuss these contributions in this work.

Published

2016-11-06

How to Cite

Guridi, V., Salinas, J., & Villani, A. (2016). Contributions of Laudan´s philosophy of science for understanding epistemological conceptions of high school students. Investigations in Science Education, 11(1), 97–117. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/506

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