Games in the environmental context and their strategic use for environmental education

Abstract

This article aims to present the productivity of the assumptions of Philosophical Hermeneutics (Gadamer, 1996) and his discovery of the logical, ontological and structural model of the game that takes place during the experience that is the basis of comprehension. Thus, digital games are proposed as manners, methods and ways to improve the understanding, interpretation and application of the concepts of Sustainability and Environmental Principles. The attraction of the game as a pedagogic space lays in the fact that it takes over and allows the player to internalize ecological sensitivity, something that happens during the play. Finally, the results show an augment on students' motivation, when using the game versus the traditional process.Keywords: sustainability, games, digital learning constructs, education, game development. Games no contexto ambiental e seu uso estratégico para educação ambiental ResumoEste artigo tem como objetivo apresentar a produtividade dos pressupostos da hermenêutica filosófica de Gadamer (1996) e sua descoberta do modelo lógico, ontológico e estrutural do jogo, que ocorre durante a experiência, que é a base da compreensão. Assim, os jogos digitais são propostos como maneiras, métodos e formas de melhorar a compreensão, interpretação e aplicação dos conceitos de princípios de sustentabilidade e meio-ambiente. A atração do jogo como espaço pedagógico reside no fato de que ele assume e permite que o jogador para internalizar sensibilidade ecológica, algo que acontece durante o jogo. Finalmente, os resultados obtidos demostram um incremento na motivação dos alunos, quando se utiliza o jogo ao invés dos métodos tradicionais.Palavras-chave: sustentabilidade, jogos, constructos digitais de aprendizagem, educação, desenvolvimento de jogos.

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