Project UNLOCK-Creativity in HEIs through a game design approach. Aims to provide the context, process and tools based on an innovative learning approach that stimulates the entrepreneurial skills of both students and educators, aiming to enhance employability, creativity, and new professional paths.
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Challenges in the Application of Educational Escape Rooms in the Brazilian Context
Marta Ferreira Dias (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal), Marlene Amorim (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal), Fernando Silvio Cavalcante Pimentel (Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil), Jessica Reuter (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal), and Renato Encarnação (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8645-7.ch021
Abstract
Game-based learning (GBL) has been gaining ground and notoriety in formal education environments. However, the educational escape room (EER) is still a relatively new approach, and in some countries, their utilization finds more barriers among the higher education setting. In this sense, to spread and facilitate their adoption, it is important to identify which are the competences and attitudes necessary for educators to facilitate EERs. Starting from this knowledge, it becomes easier proposing actions for the development, the dissemination, and the sustainable practice of these activities. This study applied questionnaires applied to Brazilian higher education teacher users of EER in the classroom. The results highlight the importance of the institutional support, as they will feel more confident so that the implementation of this methodology occurs in a gradual way and with purpose in educational institutions. The conclusions are valuable to both educators and decision makers in education in order to give more information to the best practices and implementation of EER.