ENSINANDO GEODIVERSIDADE A PARTIR DE JOGOS DIDÁTICOS

Abstract

The education and the divulgation of the geosciences are poorly disseminated, not only in the educational ambit, but also for the society in general. Among the geosciences, there is the geodiversity, that had its concept introduced in the 90’s decade and is growing up worldwide since then, however, unlike the biodiversity that is broadly disclosed for all society, the geodiversity is unknown for a large percentage of the population, even though it’s knowledge is very necessary for the understanding of the evolution and dynamic processes of the Earth. The approach of the environmental education in the geodiversity disclosure might point the abiotic aspects often forgotten. This work aims to introduce the geodiversity thematic in schoolroom through a board game, illustrating the geodiversity elements (rocks, minerals, fossils, land forms, soils) and some places with geotouristic potencial and better view in the State of Paraíba, such as, Vale dos Dinossauros, Lajedo Pai de Mateus, Pedra da Boca, Pedra do Ingá e as Falésias do Cabo Branco and lastly, verify if the methodology applied presents to be an efficient tool of learning. It is expected to contribute, for the teaching-learning of the students, in a fun and pleasurable way, arousing the curiosity and interest to learn about geodiversity and geosciences. For obtainment of the data used in the search, was performed a visit to a Municipal School Antonia Luna Lisboa, located in the county of Rio Tinto-PB, in which the foreseen exercises where put into practice. To validate the improvement of learning achieved, was held an analysis through tests, where was utilized a pretest to assess the knowledge of the student before and another test after to ascertain if the methodology applied contributed significantly as a tool of education of the geodiversity. The methodology was well accepted by the students, it was verified that the answers of the after test was satisfactory. By the review of the results, it was found that new pedagogical alternatives are necessary for the motivation and learning of the students. The use of games can and must be used as a pedagogical resource, in a way that the students learn playing, more interactive classes using slides with images also contribute for the teaching-learning of the students.