Abstract (EN):
<jats:p>Resumo No se¿culo XIX, o desenvolvimento cienti¿fico ficou marcado por uma grande restruturac¿a¿o concetual: a percec¿a¿o da existe¿ncia de um longo peri¿odo de tempo, anterior e independente a¿ presenc¿a do Homem na Terra. Os trabalhos de Lyell foram particularmente responsa¿veis pela evoluc¿a¿o desta corrente ideolo¿gica. Este uniformitarista, atrave¿s da observac¿a¿o de pequenas mudanc¿as terrestres subtis a¿ escala humana (mas expressivas quando analisadas a¿ luz de milho¿es de anos), contribuiu para compreensa¿o dos feno¿menos geolo¿gicos. Contudo, esta ideologia na¿o se refletiu apenas na geologia. Quando Darwin, em 1831, partiu no Beagle, tinha consigo o livro ¿Principles of Geology¿ de Lyell. Sensibilizado pelas suas ideias, e consciente das transformac¿o¿es graduais do planeta, Darwin desenvolveu va¿rias noc¿o¿es que viriam a ser inclui¿das no evolucionismo. As ideias de Lyell, articuladas com uma escala geolo¿gica ao inve¿s de histo¿rica, foram preponderantes para a existe¿ncia de um ¿outro¿ tempo coerente com a transmutac¿a¿o das espe¿cies. O uniformitarismo foi, enta¿o, basilar para a criac¿a¿o de um contexto favora¿vel a¿ recetividade da teoria de Darwin, evidenciando a importa¿ncia de um pensamento interdisciplinar e holi¿stico na cie¿ncia. Pretende-se, neste trabalho, reforc¿ar a releva¿ncia deste tipo de pensamento no ensino das cie¿ncias naturais. Para tal, elaborou-se um recurso educativo, segundo a metodologia de ensino baseado em casos, com a finalidade de facilitar a inclusa¿o da histo¿ria da cie¿ncia no ensino. Palavras-chave: Uniformitarismo, Evolucionismo, Histo¿ria da Cie¿ncia. Abstract In the nineteenth century, scientific development was marked by a great conceptual restructuring: the perception of the existence of a long time, prior and independent to the presence of Man on Earth. Lyell's works were particularly responsible for the evolution of this ideological current. Lyell, through the observation of subtle Earth changes on the human scale (but expressive when analysed in the enlightenment of millions of years), contributed to understanding geological phenomena. However, this ideology was not only reflected in geology. When Darwin, in 1831, embarked on the Beagle, he had the Lyell's book "Principles of Geology". Induced by his ideas, and conscious of the gradual transformations of the planet, Darwin developed several notions that were included in the evolutionism. Lyell's ideas, articulated with a geological rather than a historical scale, were preeminent for the existence of an "other" time consistent with the transmutation of species. The uniformitarianism was, then, essential for the creation of a context favourable to the receptivity of Darwin¿s theory, evidencing the importance of an interdisciplinary and holistic thinking in the science. In this work, it is intent to reinforce the relevance of this type of thinking in the natural sciences¿ teaching. Thus, an educational resource was elaborated, according to the case-based teaching methodology, with the purpose of facilitating the inclusion of the history of science in teaching process. Keywords: Uniformitarianism, Evolutionism, History of Science.</jats:p>
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica