Algunas características clave de los modelos científicos relevantes para la educación química

Resumen

In this paper, I identify six “key” epistemological characteristics of scientific models that I deem relevant from the point of view of chemistry education. Based on previous analyses of some fundamental aspects of models, I propose that models constitute cultural representations, they are constructed from real phenomena and theoretical propositions, they mediate between theory and the world, and they aim at satisfying particular human concerns.