“Professor, o que vamos jogar hoje?” O pensamento espacial por intermédio de uma sequência didática gamificada

Abstract

Given the existence of several instruments available to support teachers in their pedagogical practice, electronic entertainment games and analog board games stand out. These are activities that usually attract the interest of young people. In view of this, this paper aims to demonstrate the possibility of promoting spatial thinking through the relationship between the agents that produce urban space and city simulation games, such as Simcity Buildit and analog board games: Banco Imobiliário and Catan. Gamification was used as a mediating strategy in the process and in the didactic sequence to organize the activities. Within the didactic sequence, a field work in the neighborhood was included in parallel. With this purpose, a pedagogical practice was produced, based on the objectives presented and carried out in two 2nd year high school classes of the Alexander Graham Bell State College, located in the city of Duque de Caxias- RJ. The activity proved promising, producing a significant development of spatial thinking on the part of the students.