O Role-Playing Game - RPG na educação STEAM: inovando na aprendizagem de ciências na Amazônia

Abstract

The present work aimed to develop a teaching-learning process based on the RPG-STEAM approach , on the main protozooses that affect the Amazon region. After building a game, we created a Guide for students entitled “Defenders of the Amazon”, and applied it to students in the eighth year of Natural Sciences, in order to assess its functionality and enhance knowledge of tropical diseases with the recognition of symptoms , forms of transmission and prophylactic methods of diseases caused by protozoa, in addition to stimulating the development of skills such as creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication and group work; for data collection, we used questionnaires, interviews and audio recording, which were analyzed qualitatively, through a phenomenological approach where we tried to hear the voices of those involved in the research, minimizing the unilateral relationships between the researcher and the study participants, facilitating integration of different areas of knowledge by STEAM education, with phenomenology being responsible for highlighting the views that all participants have of the phenomenon they experience. The results show that this approach is an effective mediator between knowledge and student-players. We conclude that RPG, through STEAM education, has great possibilities to increase the active learning of Nature Sciences in the school environment, working curricular componentes little explored to increase their interest and motivation in students through a playful perspective that favors and complements formal learning. Keywords: Active Learning, RPG, STEAM education