A mediação de jogo didático como estratégia de ensino para o combate a dengue no ensino fundamental

Abstract

This research developed a didactic game for elementary school students, final years, that would help the teacher in the classroom, to treat the different themes related to Dengue, in a playful and effective way. The objective of the board game is to create a fictional city where there are problems involving the proliferation of the transmitting mosquito, Aedes aegypti, and a growing increase in the number of cases. The players placed themselves as governors and administrators of this fictional city and manage the available resources aiming to eradicate Dengue in the proposed situation, so that they could not lose any of its inhabitants to the disease if they wanted to end the game with victory. With the use of this teaching tool, students were shown to be engaged and excited in learning the content, in addition to the commitment to fight the disease that was revealed during the intervention, considering that the resource brought a new way of learning, deviating from the traditional ways of teaching, which these students were used to. The game was developed as a tool to work with young people in the age group in question, providing challenges, cooperation, competitiveness, knowledge and fun. The same was thought and created as a facilitator for the work of the teacher, making it, when appropriating the educational tool, have one more device that attracts students, as well as illustrative material that facilitates the understanding and, consequently, the game application. When analyzing the questionnaires applied during the intervention, the game proved to be a great enhancer when it provided students with a more participatory and effective way of learning.