Science education collections as sources for the History of Science
The purpose of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, we discuss the potentialities that the study of scientific collections of secondary schools offers to the History of Science. On the other, we will present some issues and documental sources related to the formation of school cabinets of natural...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos “Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti”
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refa/article/view/34031 |
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| Sumario: | The purpose of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, we discuss the potentialities that the study of scientific collections of secondary schools offers to the History of Science. On the other, we will present some issues and documental sources related to the formation of school cabinets of natural history in Argentina. These collections testify the flourishing trade of scientific materials and the growth of didactic industry during the second half of the 19th and the early 20th century. The study of these materials allows examining the circulation of scientific knowledge and objects and how they were transformed in that movement and use. Also, they can be useful sources to investigate multiple aspects of the material and visual culture of science and education. Both in the design and use of these artifacts, it is possible to analyse a diverse group of pedagogical, conceptual, aesthetic and technical decisions, and even those commercial, about the presentation of scientific information. |
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