JOGOS DIGITAIS NA EDUCAÇÃO ESCOLAR: UMA ANÁLISE DO JOGO MINECRAFT

Abstract

This article aimed to bring a theoretical and conceptual approach about the use of digital/electronic games as a pedagogical teaching resource to support the learning of contents at school. Bringing knowledge of studies conducted by researchers in the area considering that this is a work whose methodological procedure was supported by review of bibliographic material of research already conducted by consolidated researchers in education studies and methodologies applied to preschool education and early years. Digital games have grown significantly in recent years, and are generally described as a means of entertainment and fun, becoming a powerful tool to aid in teaching, since they stimulate creativity, memory, and stimulate curiosity. The text brings arguments about the use of Minecraft game and its advantages in the teaching and learning process, points out how this kind of resource should be used, its proposal as a resource in constructive and active education. Evidencing that the use of digital/electronic games if well planned, and always seeking to achieve the objectives and skills required for each content, is a technological tool capable of promoting benefits in education,given its potential attraction, creating possibilities not only for advancement in learning, but to promote among children, social relations and solidarity.