Escape Room educativo: uma estratégia didática para o ensino de Matemática em um curso de formação docente

Abstract

This research investigated the teaching of Geometry to third-year students of a professional high school-level course, called the Normal Course at Colégio Municipal Pelotense, in the city of Pelotas, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. For this purpose, an Educational Escape Room created on the Genially Platform was used as a didactic strategy to answer the following question: How does the use of the didactic practice of an Educational Escape Room in Mathematics teaching contribute to the training of teachers who teach Mathematics in the initial years? The adopted methodology consisted of a teaching-research study with a qualitative approach, which aimed to provide the subjects with an experience based on the didactic strategy of an Educational Escape Room, seeking to favor the learning of Mathematics in initial teacher training. The didactic proposal consisted of the subjects participating as learners, creators, and applicators of Educational Escape Rooms. The application occurred with 5th-grade students from the same educational institution. For the analysis of the results, records were made in photos and videos, which assisted in the content analysis of the collected data. This analysis generated three categories: the future teachers' understanding of mathematical knowledge as participants in the Educational Escape Room – Mission (𝜋�); the students as creators of Educational Escape Rooms for the teaching of Mathematics; and the engagement and protagonism of the subjects as multipliers of a pedagogical proposal in initial teacher training. For the evaluation of this practice, a conversation circle was held in which all participants shared their feedback on the developed activities, pointing out their possibilities for future application in their professional teaching life, as well as the difficulties and challenges encountered. The teaching-research revealed the importance of didactic strategies such as the Educational Escape Room for both students in initial teacher training and for students in the initial years, proving to be an effective tool for the development of essential competencies and skills for single-teacher practice.