Troncos e cipós: jogo didático para aprendizagem de botânica no ensino médio

Abstract

The botany is seen, several times, by students and teachers, as difficult and uninteresting for presenting complex terminologies and content that are considered boring. So, it is possible to observe a certain cause and effect relationship between the affinity of students and teachers with botany and their skills with this discipline. So, in order to improve this relationship of affinity with the botany, the idea is to use some didactic methods that promote interest and satisfaction, like practical and recreational activities. This work seeks to investigate this relationship of affinity and skills, in a third year at a Full-Time High School in Fortaleza city, in Ceará state, and to evaluate the use of the game “Troncos e Cipós”, authorial adaptation of the game “Snakes and Stairs”, as an auxiliary tool in the teaching of botany and playful activity that generates affinity to the discipline. After the application of the questionnaires and the realization of the experiment, it was perceived that this game is a great tool for the generation of affinity with botany and that it can help, in a remarkable way, the teaching-learning of this discipline.