Cibelle Celestino Silva

• IHPST 13th Biennial Conference, AO.R

• Abstract

  The visiting researcher will collaborate in ongoing researches developed by Cibelle Celestino Silva and her coworkers (University of São Paulo at São Carlos), related to history of electricity, optics and cosmology; he will participate in researches on the teaching of astronomy, at the Observatório Dietrich Schiel of the University of São Paulo (São Carlos); he will cooperate in researche…

  Visit of professor Roberto de Andrade Martins for colaboration in research projects related to history of science, science education and about science, technology and society (STS) relations, AV.BR
• 1A Conferência Latino-Americana do international history, philosophy, and science teaching group (Ihpst-La), AO.R

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• Abstract

  At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the debate about the alleged effectiveness of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and ivermectin emerged in the public sphere, making up the so-called Kit-covid. This kit was widely used in public and private health services and defended by eminent public authorities despite contradicting what was accepted by the national and international scientifi…

  The belief in early treatment for COVID-19: reflections on the nature of science in society in initial teacher education, BP.MS

• Abstract

  The present proposal covers aspects of school culture and science centers in order to promote the teaching of topics of modern physics at public schools. It investigates the essential elements for an effective partnership between school and science center by the construction of sequences of teaching and learning. The sequences will be developed in partnership with teachers in service and …

  Teaching topics of modern physics: a partnership between Science Center and School, BP.IC
• Curricular innovations in physics teaching: Investigating a partnership between teachers and a science center, BP.DR

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• Abstract

  This project aims to discuss aspects of the nature of science in society based on an analysis of contemporary episodes involving scientific themes present on social media and generating false controversies among the public; among them, the belief in the effectiveness of early treatments for COVID-19; use of arguments that mimicries science such as justifying the "law of attraction" and po…

  Nature of science in society and mimecry of science: promoting scientific media literacy in Latin American pre service teachers, BE.PQ

• Abstract

  The objective of this proposal is to develop a broader understanding of the early history of the Leyden jar, especially the period between its initial description by Ewald Jürgen von Kleist (1700-1748) and Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692-1761) and efforts to reproduce and stabilize the new phenomenon to the development of the first coherent theories to explain it. To this end, we will use …

  Storing and manipulating the invisible: experimental strategies to explore the Leyden jar, BE.PQ

• Abstract

  The aim of the current proposal is to investigate the debate between Franklin and Nollet on the nature of the electrical fluids, making extensive use of the Nollet-Dutour correspondence, besides the published documentation. This research will attempt to elucidate the strategies used and the difficulties met by contenders, in their endeavors to substatiate their theories and to convert the…

  Unraveling the hidden electrical fluids: the debate between Nollet, Dutour, and Franklin, BE.PQ

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