Videogames e desenvolvimento cognitivo: a geração digital e seus novos meios de aprendizagem

Abstract

The present work deals with video games and their influences for the cognitive development. To achieve this objective, a survey was carried out literature seeking to understand how this influence is given, to it was necessary a conceptualization and a historical survey about the game, toys and games, their transformations from the development technology, and its action in the Zone of Proximal Development. It was sought also identify the relationship between videogames and education, thinking about a possibility of using these within educational institutions. at the end of the discussion the author notes that video games, in addition to being very attractive, prove to be a effective way of learning, but training is necessary to teachers, since games are still very marginalized.