Face to face with parasites

an interactive game for blind students

Abstract

In the school environment there is a notorious use of visual resources such as graphics, images and videos that make it difficult for visually impaired students to learn certain contents. To work with Special Education for blind people to look for psychopedagogical interventions according to the needs of each child. Games adapted for blind students represent a possibility of teaching in a different way, associating the ludic with obtaining information. In this context, this article describes an investigation that involved the elaboration and evaluation process of a didactic game aimed at blind students, which seeks to contribute to the teaching and learning process of the main intestinal parasites. The construction uses attractive and low-cost materials, contributing to the teaching of a theme that involves the human body and health promotion, and that is part of the lives of school-age children. This paper is the result of the master’s thesis “Face to face with the parasites: an interactive game for blind students”, defended in 2020 in the master’s program in Science and Mathematics Education at PUC Minas Gerais. A distinctive feature of the game is that it allows blind children to play together with sighted children and have the same success/win conditions. The game cards were created to allow the players to work on different aspects related to the main intestinal parasites. The game strategy was designed to provide, in addition to fun, cooperation and involvement between players. The results of the evaluation with this public showed that the “Face to face with the parasites” motivated interaction, fun, dissemination of information, redefinition of concepts and, consequently, could contribute to the teaching and learning process and to the construction of knowledge about parasites.