As funções psicológicas superiores e a motivação no estudo das informações nutricionais

Abstract

This dissertation presentes a research based on the development of the educational product called: “Nutri Saber” game, used as a didactic tool in the study of the componentes of nutritional information on food product labels, by students of the third semestre of the Tchnical Course in Nutrition and Dietetics of a state college in the north of Paraná. As a research, we tried to study how the use of the game can fvor the mobilization of the FPS (Higher Psychological Functions) and Motivation, based on Vygotsky’s assumptions on the subject. The results of this study were obtained quantitatively in the first place and, later, deepened by qualitative research. It covered na audience of 30 youg and adult students from that technical course, containing the following steps: diagnostic evaluation, development and application of the game, evaluation and interview. The main results include the aprova of the didactic game by the students, the practical verification of signs of mobilization of the FPS and Motivation from the application of the game, in addition to the intrinsic relationship betwee the FPS and the Motivation identified by the emerging categories. Thus, it was inferred, from the results presented, that such mobilizations collaborate for a better understanding of the contente covered in a didactic game.