"Narratives and Inclusion: Exploring the Potential of RPG in the Gamified Education for People with Visual Impairments”

  • Willian Steffan Hoher Megiolaro Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC
  • Fernanda Megiolaro Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência e Biotecnologia (PPGC&B) Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina – UNOESC https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-2662
  • Katia Mônica Verdim Eggert Programa de Pós Graduaão em Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – PPGE/CED/UFSC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-5210
Keywords: Games. Narratives. Visual impairment. Inclusion. Accessibility

Abstract

The Role-Playing Game (RPG) is a game that can be explored in different ways, with infinite possibilities. Thus, through an integrative review with an exploratory nature, the research is carried out to meet educational demands for new inclusive teaching methods. Confirming the potential of RPG like a tools in accessibility and inclusion for people with visual impairments (PwVI) in education. Barriers faced by PwVI were identified, and the impacts that the use of RPG brings in the educational environment, as well as relevant results of the potential of RPG and its characteristic elements as a means of accessibility, socialization, integration and inclusion, permeating Game design strategies. Having observed that the simple, imaginative and oral format of this game can attract attention and engagement, enabling their integration, thus clarifying that RPG is a bridge of accessibility and inclusion in PwVI education.

Author Biographies

Fernanda Megiolaro, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência e Biotecnologia (PPGC&B) Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina – UNOESC

Graduated from the stricto sensu Postgraduate Program of Academic Masters in Science and Biotechnology (PPGC&B) at the University of the West of Santa Catarina (2016) and graduated in Industrial Biotechnology (2008) from the same institution. He works mainly in the area of ​​microbiology. She worked for 8 years as a laboratory technician at the University of Western Santa Catarina, where she also worked as a teacher in the Industrial Biotechnology, Food Engineering and Environmental Sanitary Engineering courses.

Katia Mônica Verdim Eggert, Programa de Pós Graduaão em Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – PPGE/CED/UFSC

Katia Monica Verdim Eggert. Mestranda do Programa de Pós Graduaão em Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – PPGE/CED/UFSC. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. E-mail: katiaverdim@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-5210. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8474749007222189.

Published
2024-04-16
How to Cite
Hoher Megiolaro, W. S., Megiolaro, F., & Verdim Eggert, K. M. (2024). "Narratives and Inclusion: Exploring the Potential of RPG in the Gamified Education for People with Visual Impairments”. Revista GESTO-Debate, 24(01). https://doi.org/10.55028/gd.v8i01.20287