A educação ambiental por meio de jogos de computador

Abstract

Nowadays, the use of technology as a support to education has been growing more and more, either by the need to search for information through the internet or as a way to improve the dynamic between the teacher and the student. Taking into account the ways in which these technologies can be used, the one that has been gaining more prominence are the games, which, by being interactive, allow a more dynamic learning process that meets the need to absorb large amounts of information in a reduced and synthesized way. The objective of this work is to evaluate the compatibility of Environmental Education with the use of the development of open-world style computer games as a tool to make the population aware of ways to preserve the environment and elucidate the impact that man has on nature. To achieve this goal, a computer game was created with the intention of immersing the player in environmental issues focusing on the Pampa biome, providing the player with information about this biome in a dynamic and interactive way through missions and tasks performed during the game. It was observed through data collection after the conclusion of the game, that the players, who feel more involved and attracted by the game or by the theme, acquired important knowledge that they did not have before, both about fauna and flora and about the preservation of the region studied. As the difficulty of the tasks in the game evolved, it is possible to observe that the players were also able to develop a new perspective on the theme, improving their perception and learning as the tasks became more challenging.