O lúdico como motivador da aprendizagem em química para alunos da 1ª série do ensino médio do Colégio Estadual João XXIII em Irati - Paraná

Abstract

This dissertation aims to identify the contributions of playful elements as a motivator in the teaching process of the Periodic Table, with high school first-year students of the morning period of João XXIII State High School in the city of Irati in Paraná State. A big challenge for Brazil regarding the education of children is the improvement of the quality of Public Basic Education. New technologies and changes in the production of goods, services and knowledge require that the school allows students to integrate into the modern world, seeking to give meaning to knowledge through the school context, the interdisciplinarity and the incentive to reason and the ability to learn. In the teaching of chemistry, the traditional methodology is stood out, reinforcing the use of rules, formulas and nomenclatures generating demotivation among students. Among the contents of chemistry, the periodic table stands out as an essential tool for the understanding of many chemical concepts. Therefore, a more dynamic and attractive way to work the topic was thought, with playful activities and involving students with the use of technology. The research is based on learning according to Vygotsky and it is classified as exploratory, applied, experimental and qualitative with quantitative aspects. The data were collected from investigative questionnaires before and after the use of the playful, as well as the observation of the author of this work during the process of assembling of the Periodic Table and Chemical Trail of the Periodic Table game, the main objects of this study. From the data collected, it can be seen that different and enjoyable activities stimulate curiosity and dedication of the students, because they are involved and interacting all the time, which favors the development of thought and language, configured as strategies to make teaching more dynamic so that students acquire the necessary knowledge besides contributing to the social, emotional and intellectual development of students.