Experimentações com o role playing game no ensino superior

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The use of games in education is an interesting strategy and Brazil has been a pioneer in implementing the role playing game (RPG) as a teaching methodology. OBJECTIVES: identify initiatives using RPG in Brazilian higher education, starting in 2010. METHODOLOGY: Literature review, with a time frame adopted for articles published between 2010 and 2020, using the descriptors: education, graduation and teaching materials. The inclusion criteria considered was articles focused in the use of RPG. RESULTS: Associating inclusion and exclusion criteria, 7 articles were evaluated that demonstrated initiatives with RPG as a teaching methodology in higher education. Contents referring to basic disciplines and elements of professional practice were treated in undergraduate degree courses in the health area. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: There are few reports on the use of RPG as a pedagogical strategy in higher education. The potential for experimentation is highlighted as a scenario, approaching challenges and realities experienced in professional practice, which can be treated as a playful and challenging strategy. These are strategies that enable students to have a reflective, decision-making, interaction and cooperative work process.