Maupertuis Principle of Least Action: What can future Physics teachers learn by studying a primary source?

• Autor(a) principal: Bruxel Rabeno, Yaffa
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Lima, Nathan
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/93136
• topic: Fontes Primárias; História e Filosofia da Ciência; Antropologia do Laboratório; Estudos das Ciências; História Cultural; Primary Sources; History and Philosophy of Science; Laboratory Anthropology; Science Studies; Cultural History

We present a theoretical-methodological reflection for the use of primary historical sources mainly in the context of teacher education, in order to privilege the development of what Freire calls epistemic autonomy. This reflection is presented in dialogue with discussions in the field of Science Studies, especially the so-called Ontological Turn of Anthropology, and the Philosophy of Language of the Bakhtin Circle, presenting three contributions: the emphasis on the epistemic autonomy of students, the search for overcoming the dichotomy between technical and pedagogical knowledge, and the adoption of a non-structuralist epistemological conception, aligned with the methodological discussions arising from Laboratory Anthropology. In order to exemplify the potential and richness of discussions of primary sources from this theoretical-methodological framework, we present the translation from French to Portuguese of a primary source, As Leis do Movimento e do Repouso, written by M. de Maupertuis in the 19th century. XVII, in which its Least Action principle is formalized for the first time. Next, we comment on possible ways of reflection and dialogue in the classroom. Thus, the article brings contributions both in the theoretical sense and in the sense of offering a primary source in Portuguese, with possible reflection paths for the didactic context.