| Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia 2023 | Resumo: 471-1 | ||||
Resumo:The use of active methodologies has been increasingly relevant for teaching practices, since traditional methods do not provide meaningful engagement of students and long-term learning. With the purpose of encouraging and captivating the interest of students in Microbiology, the game “Respingo Letal” was developed at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (ICB-USP) by biomedical sciences undergraduate students during the Bacteriology disciplines studies. The discipline uses an active learning approach, named "Adote uma Bactéria", a subcategory of the “#Adote” Project specifically applied for college students, in which students adopt a genus or a bacterial species and elaborate different dissemination materials as part of the learning process, one of them being the game “Respingo Letal”. The game uses the genus Mycobacterium as a model and allows a discussion about various aspects about the morphology, metabolism, pathogenesis and epidemiology of different mycobacterial species. The game in question was elaborated by the undergraduate students, under the supervision of mentors (graduated students, researchers and the teacher responsible for the discipline). “Respingo Letal” is a board game in which the main objective is to have the highest “host cell/pathogen” ratio by correctly answering questions about the mycobacterial species, with emphasis on M. tuberculosis, and several pathologies. As a result, the game attracted the interest of students, both high schoolers and bachelors, who were able to seek and learn fundamental concepts of the theme. Indeed, the game “Respingo Letal” turns out to be a relevant tool for the active learning in microbiology based on reliable scientific information combined with the ludic nature and appealing aspects of a game. Palavras-chave: Active Methodologies, Game, Microbiology Teaching, Mycobacterium tuberculosis | |||||