Enseñanza de las ciencias y filosofía

Abstract

Epistemology is a valuable tool for the design of new strategies in science teaching. However, the role the discipline plays in this process is not generally clear. In this paper I present several examples taken from standard science books that show lack of a correct epistemological analysis. I identify two roles for philosophers of science: the task of epistemological training of science teachers and the research of the epistemological costs of didactic transposition and of the implicit assumptions of the theory being taught.