Oficina de linguagem de programação para futuros professores visando o desenvolvimento de jogos com foco na criatividade

Abstract

The skills needed for the 21st century call for changes in school curricula so that all students can better understand everyday demands. Creativity is one of the necessary aspects to be developed among the skills of the 21st century. In addition, for there to be development in various aspects, new skills and human skills are needed. The teacher is the main motivator of the students and creativity is often left aside in the aspects that must be built. Thus arises the problem of how to build an environment conducive to developing creativity through the construction of games and what are the signs of creativity that students/future teachers demonstrate. With that, the main objective is the design of a game creation environment, using SCRATCH and based on the principles of STEM education. 39 students from the Complements of Mathematics course in the Degree in Basic Education at the University of Minho, Campus Braga- Portugal, participated in this study. This study was structured in three moments. The first refers to a bibliographical research to scientifically support the educational product, the second to the creation/elaboration of the product and finally, the third, to the application and evaluation of the product. From this, this research, as a case study and of a qualitative nature, is about the structuring of a programming language workshop for future teachers aiming at the development of games with a focus on creativity. The aspects to be analyzed are the signs of creative learning through involvement with activities and the responses obtained through the forms and the production of games. It can be observed that teamwork, freedom to create and the environment help the students to produce better and better highlight the points of creativity.