Science Education and the Material Culture of the Nineteenth-Century Classroom: Physics and Chemistry in Spanish Secondary Schools |
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Authors: | Josep Simon Mar Cuenca-Lorente |
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Institution: | (1) Instituto de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia ‘L?pez Pi?ero’, Universitat de Val?ncia—CSIC, Palau Cerver?, Pla?a Cisneros, 4, Val?ncia, 46003, Spain |
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Abstract: | Although a large number of Spanish secondary schools have preserved an important scientific heritage, including large scientific
instrument collections, this heritage has never been officially protected. Their current state is very diverse, and although
several research projects have attempted to initiate their recovery and use, their lack of coordination and wide range of
methodological approaches has limited their impact. This paper presents a case-study integrated in a new project supported
by the Catalan Scientific Instrument Commission (COMIC) whose final aim is the establishment of a research hub for the preservation,
study and use of Spanish scientific instrument collections. Major aims in this project are promoting a better coordination
of Spanish projects in this field, and furthering international research on science pedagogy and the material culture of science.
The major focus of COMIC is currently the recovery of secondary school collections. This paper provides first, a historical
account of the development of secondary education in Spain, and the contemporary establishment of physics and chemistry school
collections. Second, we focus on a case-study of three Spanish schools (Valencia, Castellón, and Alicante). Finally, we provide
a brief overview of current projects to preserve Spanish school collections, and discuss how COMIC can contribute to help
to coordinate them, and to take a step forward interdisciplinary research in this context. |
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