A ciranda dos pentaminós e a aprendizagem criativa

Abstract

This article presents an experience report about a work developed with a group of Elementary School teachers in Belo Horizonte, about the use of Pentamnos as a tool to enhance the development of Computational Thinking (CP) in the early years of elementary school. A workshop was held at the Brazilian Creative Learning Network (RBAC), at the Creative Club of Belo Horizonte, for elementary school teachers. Through narratives and pentaminoes, it was proposed the development of an activity, composed of narrative and construction (physical or digital) of a symbolic character, with justification of the theme in the application of the activity in the teaching practice itself. The study was based on a constructionist approach (PAPERT, 1980), using concrete, playful materials, through which, as the school environment, community and peers interact, cognitive bridges are built for the learning process (BRANSFORD, 2007). The experience showed that the approach of mathematical concepts, through narrative with concrete material, pentaminoes, from the beginning of Basic Education, can offer engagement and expand the possibilities of application, such as, for example, in transdisciplinary use.