ANÁLISE DE JOGOS DIDÁTICOS: ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS COM ÊNFASE EM ASTROBIOLOGIA

Abstract

One of the biggest challenges for science teachers today is to make lessons more interesting, creative, dynamic and meaningful for students. By arousing students' motivation, curiosity and interest, educational games with an emphasis on astrobiology become an excellent learning tool. The aim of this study was to carry out a survey on Didactic Games in Science Teaching in Astrobiology, in order to obtain information on the current panorama of this potential teaching area. To this end, it was necessary to identify the most relevant scientific productions in the country that refer to games for teaching astrobiology. A descriptive bibliographical survey was carried out, based on mapping, and content analysis was used to analyze the data. As a result, it was found that the works are concentrated in the Southeast, the most common theme was Planetary Formation and the applications were generally positive and satisfactory. It was analyzed that most of the works are available for access and application in the classroom. It was possible to conclude that Astrobiology is a relatively new area in Brazil, and can be considered a great teaching tool that enables the implementation of dynamic and creative lessons.