Os jogos digitais como recursos pedagógicos na educação de jovens e adultos

Abstract

Youth and adult education (YAE) is considered a teaching modality for those who did not have the opportunity to study in the expected time, however, here yet still lack at infrastructure, required specific training for professional of area. YAE students present specificity, as time de certain time out of school and different levels of learning in the same local, which refers to the need to rethought current learning strategies in order to achieve and maintain these students in school. For this, the insertion of new technologies, as the use of digital games, can be considered a strategy to be applied in the school environment, since they are attractive and are very present in the daily life of all students, regardless of age. Therefore, the present research had the objective of reviewing the academic productions related to the use of digital games in YAE elementary school and regular between the years 2010 and 2018 and to analyze best strategies for the use and application of these technological resources in the diverse teaching environment of the YAE. For this, a search was made through the Google Scholar search system (Google Acadêmico) and the Capes/MEC Journal Portal. The results evidenced the use of several strategies for the application of digital games in the classroom, such as the use of offline games in computers, the use of games in cell phones, which can to supply the lack of infrastructure in schools, besides teacher can recreate challenges of classroom games, providing the development of new skills. It was verified that regardless of the strategy to be used, what is important is how the activity will be conducted, if it has clear, well defined objectives, thus providing meaningful learning. Finally, it is important that the teacher be able to act with these tools in the YAE, which is possible with new looks for these pedagogical resources that come to provide positive results for the teaching of youth and adults.