Uso de jogos no ensino da geografia: revisão da literatura.

Abstract

Games in the teaching of geography contribute to the teaching and learning process of elementary and high school, stimulate learning because it can awaken curiosities and an effort to overcome new challenges. This research had as objectives to verify if there is use of games in the teaching of Geography and to point out its practical effectiveness for the discipline. This study was carried out through a literature review, between March 2020 and March 2021, through searches in the database of the platforms: Google Acadêmico and Scielo. The following keywords were used: usage, games, teaching, Geography. The words searched should be in the title or abstract of the article so that it was previously selected by the authors. The articles selected were those published between the period 2009 to 2020. The inclusion criteria were: articles in the Portuguese language from the period 2009 to 2020. Twenty articles were found, of which only 11 were available in full online and in the Portuguese language. It was verified that there are a lot of games used in the teaching of Geography, according to the level of elementary and high school in Brazil and that they are always effective. The main types of games in the teaching of Geography found in this research were: 1) geographic dominoes "industrial revolution"; 2) climatic dynamic deck; 3) board game “Brazilian industrialization”; 4) memory game “mineral resources” 5) board game “internal structure of the earth” and 6) puzzle of the regions of Brazil.