RPG Digital PMBA: proposta de qualificação profissional dos policiais militares do batalhão de policiamento escolar para atuação em ocorrências relacionadas ao uso indevido das drogas por crianças e adolescentes

Abstract

This thesis is on the professional training of police officers from the School Police Battalion (BPEsc) for dealing with incidents related to the misuse of narcotic substances by children and adolescents, mediated by a digital Role Playing Game (RPG). The research is supported by a question: How will a proposed pedagogical application mediated by Digital Role Playing Game, based on the virtual simulation of police incidents involving cases of drugs misuse by children and adolescents, enable the professional training of BPEsc police officers? The general objective is to analyze the cognitive process and professional qualification of BPEsc police officers in handling incidents related to drug misuse by children and adolescents through the virtual simulation of such incidents, structured in Digital RPG, unfolded in four specific objectives: Establish the theoretical-epistemological guidelines that will provide scientific support to the Virtual Learning Environment; Identify the potential for building knowledge through PMBA Digital RPG; Create a pedagogical application model in the Digital RPG that simulates police incidents related to actions regarding the misuse of drugs by children and adolescents; Verify how the cognitive process and professional training of police officers develop via the Digital RPG created. To construct the pedagogical solution, we focused on understanding the research context, the contents (legislation and procedures related to school community policing) and the epistemological principles that supported the RPG modeling.This technological tool aims to provide PMBA with a virtual interactive and collaborative learning instrument, reducing costs with experiential workshops and allowing broad reach due to the virtual nature of the application, focusing on the decision-making process through role interpretation in digital RPG. Socioconstructivist principles underpinned the research, which used the Design Based Research (DBR) methodological approach, that combines the advantages of qualitative and quantitative research, aiming to solve problems encountered in a given social context. Incident simulations were scripted to stimulate the decision-making process. The research was conducted with two police crews from the School Policing Battalion referred to as Group X and Group Y, simulating the incidents in digital RPG, both synchronously and asynchronously. Two cycles of application and refinement of the pedagogical solution were developed, with an evaluative scale created to measure the effectiveness of the application, establishing concepts related to the score achieved. We concluded the research understanding the application as successful and with potential for implementation within the context of PMBA and the agencies that make up the Unified Public Security System.