The game "Your everyday minerals" in the contextualized teaching of Geology

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Isabel
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Lima, Dulce
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v15i1.32135

Turning to innovative and motivating activities in teaching Geology, using everyday life to highlight its presence in daily lives of citizens, are factors that enhance students’ geological literacy. The game encourages changes in conceptions regarding the relevance of this Science, which is often undervalued by students. It also promotes the improvement of Geology teaching and learning pro­cesses, contributing to goal 4 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The present descriptive study used a sample made up of students from two K7 classes (A and B) who attended a Portuguese public school (n=37). It was intended to verify the impact of contextualized teaching based on a game in the acquisition of essential learning outlined in the curriculum. In class A, the approach to the Rocks and Minerals content was developed with the game, while in class B, it occurred without this resource. At the end of the intervention, the same assessment instrument was applied to both groups. The research results suggest that the game contributed significantly to the acquisition of essential learning by students who played it.