Minecraft Education Edition: uma proposta de gamificação para a aprendizagem de química no ensino médio

Abstract

Technological advancement has made it possible to create increasingly advanced means of communication, such as Smartphones, and this advancement has been reflected in schools, contributing to the emergence of a new profile of students, digital natives. Soon teachers had to compensate for their teaching methodology, including technology in their classes, something beneficial especially for the Chemistry subject, which is seen as difficult for students. This inclusion makes it possible to preview until then abstract concepts. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the possibility of using Minecraft, configured in the educational version as a tool for teaching Chemistry, seeking to identify the game's capacity for develop the concepts that involve the teaching and learning process of the content Table Periodical, taught in the Chemistry curricular component, in the 1st year of High School. The research presents an active methodology known as gamification, with a focus on the use of Serious Game, which is the direct use of the game in the classroom. For this, a qualitative approach of an exploratory nature was used. The results were obtained through a search for information on the official Minecraft Education (ME) website and through a bibliographical search in articles and monographs available in the scientific databases of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), The Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) and Science Direct, seeking to know how other education professionals work with Minecraft and propose a didactics sequence that approached the topic. Verifying that the use of ME in Minecraft Pocket Edition (MPE) is not only possible but also desirable, in view your effectiveness in other areas of knowledge and especially in Chemistry because the results showed that the use of games can increase the level of abstraction of knowledge by students when if treat of concepts that involve the molecular universe of Chemistry. Finally, note if the application necessity of this study so that the use of ME could be seen in practice.