Desenvolvimento e aplicação de um jogo eletrônico como instrumento pedagógico no processo de ensino em Biologia

Abstract

This research addresses the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC); development and application of a digital game as a pedagogical resource; and analyzes, from the use of these resources, their contributions in the teaching-learning process of the students, as well as, their relevance in the educational process, acquisition of knowledge of the contents of Biology. The challenge for the teacher and the school today is to structure the teaching-learning process by updating methodological knowledge in order to allow / use a better understanding and assimilation of the studied contents. Technologies in everyday school life have been introduced as an attractive way for new generations, thus providing a more meaningful learning. The main objective of the research is to develop and apply a digital game in 2D format and evaluate its applicability as an auxiliary instrument in the teaching-learning process. The proposed theme for the development of the digital game is aerobic cellular respiration, considered as abstract content and difficult to understand. The methodological strategy was action research with a qualitative / quantitative approach of an exploratory and descriptive character. The research involved 30 students aged between 15 and 18 years from the 1st to the 3rd grade of regular high school at the State School of Elementary and High School Professor Getúlio Cesar Rodrigues Guedes, in the municipality of Pedras de Fogo - PB. The intervention was stimulated by strategies that include internet research, workshops and short courses aimed at producing a technological product. The results were obtained through observation, notes and questionnaires and served to prove that the intervention mediated and stimulated by means of digital technologies is stimulating to students. The work culminates with the production of a digital game called ATP race available for smartphones on google play and a guide for using the Gdevelop-5 application, which was used to develop the research.