Abstract

MARTINS, Cristina  and  GIRAFFA, Lucia Maria Martins. Possibilities of new meanings in the teaching practices emerging from gamification. ETD [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.1, pp.5-26. ISSN 1676-2592.  https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v20i1.8645976.

This article presents the result of an investigation into teaching practices and gamification, where we discuss the possibilities of new meanings of the practice that emerges from teacher experiences with a model for developing gamification activities, in the perspective of Continuing Education in use. The theoretical foundation used considered social interactionist principles, the theory of complex thought, cyberculture and the concepts related to competence development. This research used a qualitative approach based on a case study, whose subjects are teachers in a private teaching institution, working in the Early Years of Elementary Education. The instruments of data collection for this study were an online self-applied questionnaire, a self-reflective report and a semi-structured interview. The research findings show us that despite digital games being part of modern daily life, the research subjects only partially understood the concept of gamification. After the formative experiment, they showed a greater understanding of the concept and possible practical applications and, in particular, they could see the potential of this approximation between habits of leisure and habits of study.

Keywords : Gamification; Teaching Practices; Elementary Education.

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