Diversitas Journal (Nov 2016)
The use of games as a pedagogical strategy: a case study extension project “production of teaching material for teaching of geography ” / A utilização de jogos como estratégia pedagógica: um estudo de caso do projeto de extensão “produção de material didático para o ensino de geografia”
Abstract
This article presents an account of Extension Project experience "of didactic and pedagogical materials for the teaching of geography," the IFAL - Campus Maceió, developed with students from a 9 of class year of a primary education institution located in the metropolitan area the capital of Alagoas. The activities were focused on the application of educational games and educational toys as stimulus tools to learning subjects of the discipline of Geography and were intended to serve as an alternative to traditional processes of knowledge construction commonly used in the classroom, aiming to arouse the interest of students in the subject and involved content. Through data analysis, it is clear that using the playful, aroused the interest of students in relation to approaches to discipline, which therefore confirms the effectiveness of the methodology
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