Jogos didáticos para o ensino e aprendizagem de doenças parasitárias negligenciadas na educação básica: uma revisão

Abstract

Based on the assumption that active methodologies significantly contribute to teaching and learning, it is believed that the use of these methodological strategies, especially gamification, may be able to contribute to a better understanding by students of Neglected Parasitic Diseases (NTDs). With this in mind, the aim of this article is to evaluate educational games as strategies for approaching the content of Neglected Parasitic Diseases in basic education, with an emphasis on the NTDs selected for this study. To this end, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) was carried out of academic papers published between 2019 and 2023 that dealt with the use of educational games in basic education. It was found that the most frequent educational games used in the papers analyzed were board games, quizzes, cards and memory games. Researchers were also concerned with making students active agents in the construction of their own knowledge, through participation and cooperation between students. Gamification methodologies (educational games) can make a positive contribution to the teaching and learning process of basic education students with regard to basic aspects of parasitosis, such as the types of parasites, vectors and measures to prevent these diseases, since they make it possible to create a playful and relaxed environment for the exchange of learning, escaping from the traditional model.