Archimedes' Principle: a multicontextual approach in teacher education
Archimedes' Principle; Teacher Education; textbooks.
How to identify pseudo-histories and historical narratives in textbooks immersed in outdated historiographic assumptions and naive views about science? On the other hand, how to identify initiatives for didactic insertion of historical episodes in the textbooks aligned with the current educational legislation and appropriate from the historical-philosophical point of view? How to act, as a teacher, in face of the possibilities noted in relation to these aspects in textbooks? This dissertation has the general objective of contributing with a space for reflections on the questions mentioned above in the training of undergraduate physics students. We used the physical content "Principle of Archimedes" and, more particularly, in historical terms, the episode involving Archimedes and the crown of King Hieron of Siracura. It is intended that teachers in training are presented to multicontextual discussions about the referred cut, contemplating scientific, meta-scientific and pedagogical aspects. The educational product carried out includes a training course subsidized by support material, which can serve as a basis for other teacher training initiatives.