Minecraft Education Edition como possibilidade para abordar o tema da produção de energia elétrica

Abstract

In recent years, digital games have evolved considerably, moving from simplistic twodimensional experiences to realistic and complex games that can last more than 30 hours. Games that fascinate children, young people and adults, not only by the fun, but also by what they can learn from them. Digital games are part of the Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC) and can be used in the teaching-learning process. Based on the Problem-Based Learning methodology, the objective of this study is to evaluate the contributions of the Minecraft Education Edition game in the teaching-learning process of 36 students from an intergrade high school class at a private school in Curitiba. For this purpose, a didactic sequence was developed involving the Minecraft game and the content “Transformation and production of electrical energy”. The instruments used for data production were an initial questionnaire, digital portfolios produced in a virtual environment by the students, and a final production, also digital, on the guiding questions that were proposed at the beginning of the didactic sequence. The analysis was performed based on Bardin’s Content Analysis procedures (2011). The results showed that the use of the game aroused the students’ interest in the topic addressed, enabled the creation of knowledge networks and the interaction of participants with the content available on the internet and in books, demonstrating the concepts of connectivism and digital wisdom. It was also possible to observe the development of ethical solutions for the guiding question with interdisciplinary characteristics. Based on the results of the research, the didactic sequence was improved, and we also developed the educational product entitled “The Minecraft Education Edition game as a possibility to address the issue of electricity production”.