Proposta de utilização de tradução dos artigos originais de Gay Lussac e Avogadro para a formação de professores de química

Abstract

This present research has aimed to make a proposal to use a commented translation of some articles written by Gay Lussac and Avogadro to be exploited by teachers and science historians. In this respect, it was intended to answer the following research question: How can the commented criticism of the originals by Gay Lussac and Avogadro contribute to preparing teachers? Therefore, the documentary research methodology was used to search and conduct a historical study of Gay Lussac's scientific articles “Combinaison des substances gazeuses les unes avec les outres”, and Avogadro “Manière de déterminer les masses relatives des molécules des corps e les proportions selon lesquelles entrent dans les combinaisons”. A commented translation of the scientific articles written by these scientists was made, and it was found that the postulates proposed by Gay Lussac allowed a study of the analysis of the volumetric gases behavior, which contributed to the study of different gaseous uses; whereas, the article of Avogadro contributed for the quantification of the molecules that make up a substance, or which culminated in determining the famous Avogadro himself constant. Thereby, an analysis of these original texts may serve as an opportunity to discuss questions of the scientific nature. In this sense, an educational text proposal was elaborated to contribute to the training of chemistry teachers.