Desenvolvimento de um jogo sério de alfabetização para Educação de Jovens e Adultos

Abstract

The number of illiterates in Brazil in 2019 was 11 million people, which is equivalent to an illiteracy rate of 6.6% of the population, according to IBGE. In addition, Youth and Adult Education is formed by students of different profiles and aged from 15 to 60 or more. Youth and Adult Education EJA is a teaching modality aimed at this public, which is made up of young people and the elderly who did not have access to regular education in the correct period. Serious games as teaching tools become interesting tools to assist in the literacy process in EJA. This work aims to develop a serious game to assist in the literacy process of young people and adults. Serious games are games whose main objective is not just fun but also teaching and learning. Serious games are widely used in various arenas with healthcare, engineering and education. Serious games in literacy can help EJA, due to the increase in students’ motivation and engagement with activities that are adapted to the students’ contexts. The development of the game was focused on adapting pedagogical activities from EJA teachers’ books to the context of serious games for mobile devices. The serious game assessment was carried out with people aged 15 to 55 years who have some difficulty with reading or who have not completed basic education. The results obtained demonstrate that the use of games becomes an interesting tool in aiding literacy by promoting an increase in student motivation and engagement with game activities.