Teaching Science with Context

Introduction.- RATIONALE.- 1. Critical and Transformative Education of Teachers: A Rationale for History and Philosophy of Science in Teacher Education, Breno Arsioli Moura, and Cibelle Celestino Silva.- NATURE OF SCIENCE.- 2. Contextualized Questionnaire for Investigating Conceptions of the Nature of Science: Procedure and Principles for Elaboration, Nathália Helena Azevedo, and Daniela Lopes Scarpa.- 3. Consensus and Dissent Around the Concept of Nature of Science (NOS) in the Ibero-American Community of Didactics of Science, Rafael Yecid Amador Rodríguez, and Agustín Aduriz-Bravo.- 4. Scientific Skills in Secondary Education: A Study of Curriculum Expectations and Teachers' Thinking, María Teresa Guerra-Ramos, and José García-Horta.- 5. Theory, Evidence and Examples about Teaching the Nature of Science and Biology using the History of Science: a Chilean Experience, Hernan Cofré Mardones, Paola Núñez, David Santibáñez, José Pavez, and Claudia Vergara.- 6. Epistemological Conceptionsof University Teachers and Students of Science, María Basilisa García, Silvia Vilanova, and Sofía Sol Martín.- 7. Is the Electron Real? Who Discovered the Expanding Universe? Debating non Consensus Topics of Nature of Science in Science Classrooms, André Noronha, Alexandre Bagdonas, and Ivan Gurgel.- 8. Undergraduate Psychology Students' Conceptions on Scientific Knowledge, and Psychology-specific Epistemological Beliefs, Zuraya Monroy-Nasr, Rigoberto León-Sánchez, Kirareset Barrera García, and Germán Alvarez-Díaz de León.- 9. The "Science" as Portrayed in Documents of the Biological Evolution versus Intelligent Design Debate, Sílvia Regina Groto, and André Ferrer Pinto Martins.- 10. Multiple Narratives as Cognitive and Political Bridges to Understand the Nature of Scientific Knowledge, Alcira Rivarosa, and Carola Astudillo.- HISTORY OF SCIENCE.- 11. Abraham Trembley (1710-1784) and the Creature that Defies Classification: Nature of Science and Inquiry through a Historical Narrative,Filipe Faria, Eduardo Cortez, and Maria Elice Brzezinski Prestes.- 12. Historical Reconstruction of Membrane Theoretical Models: An Educative Curriculum Material, Anna Cassia Sarmento, Cláudia Sepúlveda, and Charbel El-Hani.- 13. The History of Chemistry in Latin America , José Antonio Chamizo.- 14. Natural History, Chemistry, and Teaching in Modern Scientific Culture, Luciana Zaterka, and Ronei Clécio Mocellin.- 15. The History of Science in Teacher Training Programs: A Series of Contributions and Debates for the Teaching of Electrochemistry, Johanna Camacho González, Mercè Izquierdo, and Núria Solsona.- 16. Conceptual and Epistemological Deficiencies in Teaching the Concept of Chemical Element, Dulce María López Valentín.- 17. An Educational Blend of Pseudohistory and History of Science and its Application in the Study of the Discovery of Electromagnetism, Roberto de Andrade Martins.- 18. Isaac Newton and "Hidden Forces" in Universal Gravitation: Delimiting an Approach for Teacher Training, Thaís Cyrino de Mello Forato.- 19. The Enlightenment Paideia: the French Origins of Modern Science Teaching, Marco Braga, Andreia Guerra, and José Claudio Reis.- 20. Design and Implementation of a Lesson Plan for High School Students: A Case Study with Oersted's Experiment, Ana Paula Bispo da Silva, José Antonio Ferreira Pinto, and Éwerton Jéferson Barbosa Ferreira.- 21. Investigating the Didactic Use of Primary Sources on the History of Vacuum and Atmospheric Pressure, Juliana M. Hidalgo F. Drummond, Wesley Costa de Oliveira, and Deyzianne Santos Fonseca.- 22. The Status of the Lines of Force in Michael Faraday's Thought: History and Philosophy of Science in the Classroom, Sonia Maria Dion.- 23. Analysis of Pedagogical Practices carried out in Continuing Education Activities for Physics Teachers: Limits and Possibilities, Sandra Regina Teodoro Gatti, and Roberto Nardi.- PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.- 24. Philosophy of Science in Science Teacher Education: Meeting some Challenges,Ana Claudia Couló.- 25. Epistemological Debate Underlying Computer Simulations used in Science Teaching: The Designers' Perspective, Maria Eugenia Seoane, Irene Arriassecq, and Ileana M. Greca.- SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE.- 26. The Nature of Science in Secondary School Geology: Studying Recontextualizing Processes, Ana M. Morais, Sílvia Castro, Sílvia Ferreira, and Isabel P. Neves.