INTEGRATING EDUCOMMUNICATION AND GAMIFICATION AS A STRATEGY TO TEACH SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTHY EATING IN THE 5TH YEAR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Abstract

Sustainability and Healthy Eating are important topics that are often discussed in the school environment. However, rather than just addressing these issues, it is necessary to help students attribute meaning to them, so that learning can be observed in compatible attitudes daily. This article describes a practice carried out in a municipal public school with 53 students in the 5th year of elementary school, with which the topics Sustainability and Healthy Eating were approached in a project that comprised ten sequential classes developed in the Computer Laboratory and in the school yard. The activities included the work with educommunication through the discussion of television reports, gamification through a QR Code hunting and an activity with Kahoot and the protagonism of the students, who after the initial activities developed an awareness campaign on the topic in the school. The students' motivation and commitment to perform the activities are among the main results achieved and, consequently, a better understanding of the contents occurred, reflecting changes in attitudes towards the care of the environment and healthy eating that could be observed in school and family life.