Jogos Educativos Digitais na Educação Infantil como motivadores para hábitos alimentares saudáveis.

Abstract

It is known that technological resources can aid in the teaching-learning process, enabling children to develop skills and knowledge on various contents, such as healthy eating habits. With the support of digital tools, Food Education is a relevant topic to be discussed with students to understand the importance of having a good eating habits and benefits, and discuss the problems and harms of unhealthy diet. Thus, this study aims to understand the relevance of the use of Digital Education Games as motivators for healthy food education by children in Early Childhood Education. The research is characterized as applied and descriptive and was used as a bibliographical survey to carry out the field research, initially. A questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection, which were analyzed and discussed with the quantitative and qualitative approach. The results show that the teachers of the nurseries researched in the city do not understand the relevance of the use of the Digital Educational Games as tools of support in teaching a healthy diet in Early Childhood Education. The results still confirm the assumptions that some Teaching Institutions, especially nurseries, are not favored by public educational policies for insertion of technological resources in pedagogical environments, especially nurseries, causing unprepared professionals to work with the support of technology.