Gamificação no ensino de biologia: o RPG (Role-Playing Game) como proposta de mediação da aprendizagem no Ensino Médio

Abstract

Gamification consists of using game elements in a non-game situation. This concept, when presented in its possibilities of application in education, was the main reason for this study, by realizing how close gamification was to what I already intended to do in the classroom during the internship experiences. Its general objective is to describe the use of an alternative method of teaching biology by using gamification in high school. Offering one more possibility of teaching, in order to provide teachers with a functional activity guided by a didactic that stimulates the learning of students through a ludic way. This study is descriptive and is structured as an experience report, with a qualitative approach. The RPG (Role Playing Game) was chosen as an important alternative for classroom gamification, and especially in the teaching of biology. The approach starts from the creation of report sheets. A Player Sheet (for students) and a Master Sheet (for teachers), which should be used during classes, focusing not on a specific biology content, but during the biology classes. The report sheets, based on RPG report sheets, aim to follow the student's development in the subject. The results of the studies are promising and with successful contributions to the teaching of biology in High School. Gamification has the potential to motivate students, making the classroom a space where learning can be pleasurable in the same way that games are for human beings.