O jogo "Inseto Go" e a gamificação em ensino de biologia: estratégias metodológicas e investigativas para observação, registro e estudo sobre insetos

Abstract

When we think of different methodologies for teaching Biology, we see the possibilities of serious games and gamification as innovative in the classroom and, thus, in the face of such methodologies, we question how serious games with the methodology of gamification would foster this process, as well as, the possibilities and limitations for teaching and learning in the basic school. Thus, this study was characterized by an action research, based on the elaboration of a gamification, called “Inseto Go”, for teaching about insects. The objective of this study was to investigate the possible contributions of games and gamification to the teaching of insects. For this, a systematic literature review was conducted on the theme of serious games and gamification in the classroom, as well as an educational product with activities relevant to the study of insects mediated by the game "Insect GO". In the first and second cycles of action research, we analyzed the potential and limitations of the game for teaching and learning about insects, both with students and teachers. Data collection was guided by the Dialogical-Problem Matrix, the basis for delimiting the theme and elaborating the research instruments. After data collection, the organization, categorization and analysis were performed with the aid of cartographic matrices derived from the Dialogical-Problematizing Matrix: the Thematic-Organizing Matrix and the Thematic-Analytical Matrix. The results showed that the game “Inseto GO” and gamification contributed to students' cognitive learning about insects in a differentiated activity, mediated by digital technologies. The learning and involvement of students and teachers of Biology were evidenced by their participation in action research, whose objective was to make a practice of studying living beings more sustainable, in cycles of planning, action, observation and reflection. Significant contributions from serious games and gamification were noted in the study of insects and, therefore, it can be concluded that serious games and gamification are methodologies relevant to the Teaching of Biology, and can be developed by teachers to address various contents and to motivate students' cognitive learning.