Games na escola como estratégia de promoção da saúde e combate ao Aedes aegypti

Abstract

We live in moments of great change through the insertion of new Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC). We are in the "digital age" and this requires an inclusion also in the educational process. From this perspective we bring the following question: Can games facilitate the teaching of science content in the approach to the theme of the Transversal Axis: Health in the final years of elementary school? Looking for answers, this research aimed to analyze the use of Games in school as a didactic strategy of health promotion and combat Aedes aegypti. This is an exploratory and descriptive research, carried out from March to October 2016, in the city of Fagundes / PB. The empirical space was two public schools of the urban zone, one State and the other Municipal, the target public were 44 students of the 7th Year of elementary school. The research in the school was carried out in three moments; Diagnostic evaluation through the Pre-game questionnaire, followed by the application of the game "Contra Dengue", finalizing the investigation with the application of the post-game questionnaires. The analysis of the Pre-game questionnaires, allowed to identify the common sense knowledge of the participants, which presented many doubts from the mosquito genre to the form of transmission. The male audience was the majority in both schools, as far as the use of technological resources, the cell phone appeared in greater prominence for the school E1. With application of the games the doubts were clarified contributing to the educational process of the students of both schools. In the post-game analysis, the fact that E1 students have shown more interest in games since the diagnostic evaluation resulted in an excellent performance when associated with the elements of the games to the proposed content, we confirm what Gee (2004) proposes about good video games , The learning principles in the game contribute to more effective learning. In addition to the game "Against Dengue", the blog "Aedes na Rede" has contributed so much to the learning as well as awakened the students regarding the social responsibility that each one represents before the promotion of health. This result allowed us to observe that games were an excellent resource for working in the classroom, but like any other method, it is important not to use as a solution to all problems, but as an alternative that the teacher can use in the classroom. To advance in the teaching-learning process. It is hoped, therefore, that this research has awakened the teachers to insert the TDIC in their classes and to see in the games a methodological strategy to develop the rationale and cognitive ability of the students to learn.