Educational Technology on Tuberculosis: Development, Validation and Evaluation of Pedagogical Games

Abstract

Tuberculosis - TB is a transmissible and infectious disease, and is considered one of the main causes of death from a single infectious agent. Health education strategies are the best option to promote the combination of planned learning actions and experiences. Educational games are a useful tool to value and use students' knowledge. The objective was to build educational games capable of disseminating scientific knowledge about tuberculosis in municipal schools located in vulnerable areas of the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo. It is a development-type methodological game, as it refers to the elaboration, validation and evaluation of an instrument. The process was divided into stages: 1. construction of the Educational Game, a literature review was carried out with the objective of adequately defining the concepts present in the educational material; 2. validation of the game's content and appearance; and 3. evaluation of the game's playfulness. The illustrations were developed with high quality and definition, to ensure an attractive visual finish that was appropriate for the target audience. Six professionals with experience in tuberculosis participated in the validation of the game's content and appearance by expert judges. Regarding the clarity of the structure and organization of the pedagogical intervention, the games were classified as excellent and excellent. The playful effectiveness was evaluated during the application in three schools. The study achieved its objective of developing pedagogical games that contribute to the dissemination of scientific knowledge about tuberculosis in schools.