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The real problem of the investigation of objects in school activities is indeed that of the point of view cast upon these objects. In this regard, we should come back to Haudricourt’s suggestion which claims technology as a human science and not just an applied science:

What characterizes a science is the point of view, not the object. For example, here is a table. It can be studied from a mathematical point of view, it has a surface, a volume; from the physical point of view, we can study its weight, density, resistance to pressure; from the chemical point of view, its potential for combustion by fire or dissolution by acids; from a biological point of view, the age and species of tree which provided the wood; finally from the human sciences point of view, the origin and the function of the table for people. (Haudricourt 1987, p. 37)

From this perspective, it is therefore necessary to investigate from a didactic and/or pedagogical point of view the artifacts introduced into lessons.