Uma solução de ensino-aprendizagem do conceito e aplicação da lógica do pasto sobre pasto

Abstract

The knowledge dissemination process is not trivial, as it depends on certain stimuli activated for content comprehension and fixation. Employing static elements (texts or images) to transmit a simple idea or real-world concept can become a rather challenging task because when describing a dynamic model using static resources, such information is not perceived or gets lost. In order to fix this problem, it is necessary to use different multimedia resources and teaching-learning tools that enable this information exchange, providing better conditions for transmitting and acquiring knowledge. Adopting gamification has proved a valuable alternative as a capability-building tool for various purposes because, playfully and attractively, this provides the player with both theoretical content and practical experience. This work aims to develop a gamified solution based on learning methodologies regarding the application of the Pasture on Pasture concept. This solution allows for the playful and accessible transmission and measurement of rural producers’ knowledge acquisition. To this end, based on the problem context and literature review about the subject, research was carried out into which technologies and teaching methodologies were most suitable for this purpose. This proposal was called Pasture on Pasture Educating - PSPEducating, which adopted a modular architecture that makes it possible to update the platform over time. Gamification is a single-player and standalone ecosystem designed for mobile and desktop devices, using Unity3D as the game engine and programming languages were C# and PHP. Through the test application, it was tried to ensure better quality of the application, aimed at detecting and correcting errors in the gamification, as well as improving the interface and usability with students. In order to assess the proposed tool, an experiment was carried out with students from agricultural technical education at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul. Statistical analyses were carried out based on data from students’ actions and responses through a questionnaire. So, it was pointed out that the gamification has adequate usability and graphic quality for the subject, and it was also found that the teaching-learning tool provides a better comprehension and fixation of the Pasture on Pasture concept.