Narrativas e contextualização em recursos educacionais digitais: o caso da Turma da Mila

Abstract

The research presented here has as general objective to present the narrative as a fundamental criterion in the development of Digital Educational Resources. RED can take many forms, from games to simulators, or even images, texts, videos, audios, animations and/or hyperlinks.With this study, it is expected to highlight the main aspects and characteristics of the narrative in the development of a series of Digital Educational Resources. The narrative basically consists of what is narrated, in the storytelling, in the act that has accompanied humanity since ancient times. The way of telling stories has been improved over time, from rock paintings, through literature, to the interactive stories currently told through video games.This type of use for educational purposes can present several advantages. The study presents the following specific objectives: to describe the main characteristics of narratives in digital games, to characterize the importance of narrative and contextualization in resources for education and to classify how these narratives appear in a series of resources entitled: "The Mila’s Gang", object of study of the work developed here. This research followed the case study method, in order to classify how narratives and contextualization appear in the RED of Turma da Mila, the analyzed product. An analysis form was developed to catalog each resource and its characters in a narrative analysis structure and to understand the aspect of contextualization. With the results it was possible to conclude that there are narrative elements present in the analyzed RED series and the importance of the narrative approach in the contextualization of the construction of new knowledge.