Gamification, teaching process in the subject of Natural Sciences for eighth grade students in Basic Education

Abstract

Currently, technology has been included in all areas of human beings and education has not been the exception, the emergence of new methodological and innovative strategies allow the use of virtual tools that facilitate the assimilation of knowledge in a creative, easy and fun way, with psychological and social orientation, gamification is one of the strategies that motivates students with game-based learning. The main objective of this research is to determine the degree of improvement of gamification in the teaching process of the subject of Natural Sciences in the eighth year students of General Basic Education of the Educational Unit "Rambuche". The methodological design was descriptive, with the posing and analysis of questions, the approach was qualitative and a bibliographic study, the data collection instrument was through surveys directed to the study population, which consisted of 10 teachers. The results obtained showed that teachers know the meaning and educational benefits of gamification, however, they present difficulties and lack of knowledge in the use of virtual platforms, therefore, they still work with a traditional methodology that does not motivate the student. In conclusion, it is necessary to strengthen the management of technological tools and platforms in teachers, being gamification a strategy that allows to increase the knowledge of students and academic performance in the discipline of Natural Sciences.