Escape Room as a motivational and inclusive resource in the primary education classroom
A study from future teachers’ perspective
Keywords:
Game-Based Learning, Educational Resources, Inclusion, Motivation, Primary Education, Teacher Traing Early StagesAbstract
One of the greatest difficulties that teachers currently encounter in their classes is maintaining student attention and interest. This paper is presented as part of the initial phase of a project that aims to train teachers in initial training in the use of various educational strategies and methodologies, one of which is the Escape Room. This is an exploratory study of a descriptive-interpretative nature with 2nd, 3rd and 4th year-students from the Degree on Primary Education (n=155). A 17 items questionnaire was administered that combined multiple choice questions with open questions for exploring participants’ views on various didactic and methodological aspects. Results show participants consider Escape Rooms a highly motivational activity that enhances group cohesion as well as the inclusion of all students. They are also though to foster significant learning and to be easily implemented in the Primary Education classroom.
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