Systematic Literature Review: Educational games for teaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Abstract

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be taught and learned through games. Thus, we conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) to understand this context better and identify the formats and tools already used to develop educational games about sustainability and SDGs. We made the search strategy through the CAPES Periodicals website. The research resulted in nine articles published between 2017 and 2022 in six countries. While some authors worked on the SDGs in a general way, others focused on one of the objectives. The described games and strategies varied in format, setting, methods, target audience, and evaluation of results. Educational games about the SDGs are a good teaching and learning strategy with vast and diverse possibilities of approach and impacts, which will be explored in this work.