LA HISTORIA DE CARLOS CHAGAS COMO RECURSO PARA LA FORMACIóN DE PROFESORES DE BIOLOGíA: ALGUNAS POSIBILIDADES

This paper analyzes the history of the doctor and scientist Carlos Chagas in the research that led to the identification of the agent and vector responsible for Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis), in the early twentieth century, pointing out some possibilities of using this piece of history in shaping Biology teachers, as regards the discussion of science as a process of human construction and therefore historical.