“Microcaminhos”: uma proposta lúdica de ensino.

Abstract

The microbiology teaching in schools, in special viruses, is still a challenge for most teachers of basic education because it deals with very small and complex organisms. The teacher has the mission of seek for alternatives that could help on the learning proccess in this area of biology and one of the valid options is the use of educational games. In this context, the Microways— Virus, a didadic game of low cost and easy resources to use in the classroom board was prepared. The game was made for the discipline of Microbiology of the graduation course of Educação do Campo from Federal University of Campina Grande. The game was applied to two groups of 2nd year of high school. The results showed that the group which was applied the game achieved a better performance in the assessment.