Ensino de História e Jogos de Tabuleiro Antigos: possibilidades metodológicas

Abstract

This dissertation aims to theoretically identify one of the many possibilities for teachers' teaching and learning practices regarding the use of board games, presenting the practice of ancient games in History classes. Some of the issues that will be raised here relate to expanding the possibilities for approaching the use of games in the field of Human Sciences and their Technologies, through research that uses descriptive and deductive methodology, fundamentally based on a literature review and reflective investigation of teachers' practical experience regarding the possibilities of teaching History through Ancient Board Games. One of the objectives is to correctly identify one of the possible pre-procedures for motivating and engaging high school students in the process of constructing their historical knowledge and perception of cultural alterities. Thus, the outcome of this research investigation is to propose a methodology for the use of ancient board games as possible documents for understanding peoples and societies in Antiquity. The topic of ancient board games and History Teaching may point to directions not yet addressed in research, offering an alternative to playful practices, countering the current trend toward game design and gamification, and introducing a more dynamic work option for teachers and students who wish to use games and learn History through the material culture already produced by ancient societies. The purpose of this work is to begin investigating how to reframe the use of games in the classroom, without requiring a complex didactic purpose in History, reflecting primarily on breaking down the barrier that separates the use of games in everyday spaces from the use of educational games, limited to the school, emphasizing the importance of student and educator leadership in proposing work with ancient artifacts.