Scavenger hunt as a soil teaching tool in higher education: case report

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Maria Laura Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Weber, Mirla Andrade, Vieira, Frederico Costa Beber, Nunes, Rosângela Silva Gonçalves, Figueiredo, Maria Carolina dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Docência do Ensino Superior (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/37012
• topic: ensino de solos; didática no ensino superior; metodologias ativas de aprendizagem; soil teaching; didactics in higher education; active learning methodologies; enseñanza del suelo; didáctica en la educación superior; metodologías de aprendizaje activo

The educational process over the years has undergone several changes in its structure, being adapted to human development and modern society. Learning in a playful way provides the student with greater involvement with activities and pleasure in carrying them out in the classroom. The importance of play in the development of children, adolescents, adults and elderly people is identified, without age or ethnic restrictions. The present paper had as objective to report the activities and results obtained with the adoption of scavenger hunts of soil at UNIPAMPA. Educational competitions were held with the students of the Soils curricular component of the courses in Forestry Engineering and Environmental Management at UNIPAMPA, having as their theme the contents developed in the discipline in order to create opportunities for greater understanding, interest in the content, social integrity and pleasure with the studies. The tasks performed in the competitions were called Memory Game, Mimicry with drawing, crossword, what is the soil and pie on the face. The playful treatment in soils showed a high degree of satisfaction, cooperation and reception among the students.