TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS GAMES AS A PEDAGOGIC TOOL IN THE PRODUCTION OF DIDACTIC MATERIAL FOR TEACHING PHYSICS IN INDIGENOUS HIGH SCHOOL
Indigenous School Education; Indigenous games; educational product; meaningful learning; Physics teaching
This dissertation is narrative research about my own practice in the context of Indigenous School Education. In ISE, students' learning needs to be differentiated, taking into account their specificities and particularities, respecting their beliefs, traditions, customs, and seeking meanings and interpretations for phenomena, so that it is not just mechanical learning, but rather concepts experienced and observed within their cultural baggage and life experience. In this work, I present the use of methodologies that contextualize the teaching-learning process and provide quality and differentiated Indigenous School Education, where students themselves identify phenomena in their daily lives and can connect theory to practice. For example, it is possible to learn Cinematics through the ancient and cultural tradition of Indigenous traditional games. Seeking to address cultural aspects (Indigenous games) as a pedagogical tool, specifically in the production of an educational product for teaching Physics (Cinematics) in Indigenous School Education. The research is located in the Bragança Village, located in the Tapajós National Forest, ancestral lands of the Munduruku people, and the Karucy Village, located in the Arapiuns River, ancestral lands of the Arapiun people, both served by Indigenous Modular High School/Seduc. The work can contribute to solving some of the difficulties faced by teaching Physics in ISE, firstly by the desire to change the approach and propose new ways of approaching phenomena with a focus on physical concepts, based more on playful and practical activities that make the student associate theory with their traditions. Using Indigenous games as a potential pedagogical tool to connect theoretical classes with students' practices and knowledge. Adding cultural and educational value, as well as re-signifying Indigenous cultural artifacts.