Research works on experiments in their historical context Authors Pere Grapí CEHIC-UAB Keywords: Material culture of science, historical replication of instruments, experimental history of science, research work in high education. Abstract Since the beginning of this century there has been an increasing interest in putting the study of historical scientific practises in the context of the material culture of science. A consequence of this approach to the history of science has been the encouragement of replicating past instruments and experiments. On the other hand, this approach has also played its role in focusing the use of history of science in science teaching. The central place of experimentation in science learning has encouraged the launching of remarkable projects on the replication of historical instruments and experiments for science teaching. This article aims to present this view while exploring its advantages and disadvantages in the teaching-learning space provided by research works in high school in Catalonia. In this sense, a research work on the replication of the Volta’s pile is presented by way of example.keywords: Material culture of science, historical replication of instruments, experimental history of science, research work in high education. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 26 (2020) Section Estratègies didàctiques License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Educació Química, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Societat Catalana de Química (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Educació Química.Authors answer to Societat Catalana de Química for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Societat Catalana de Química declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.Educació Química is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
