Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms

Using games as an educational strategy stimulates participation and collaboration, thereby impacting the development of competencies. Escape rooms (and escape games) are cooperative games in which players must discover clues, solve puzzles, and complete tasks within a limited time. Escape rooms are...

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Autores: Grande de Prado, Mario, Abella García, Víctor, Baelo Álvarez, Roberto, García Martín, Sheila
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/456939
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/456939
https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jotse.3020
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Palabra clave:Gamification
Escape room games
Teachers -- Training of
Active methodologies
Escape room
Breakout
Game based learning (GBL)
Ludificació
Jocs d'escapada
Professors -- Formació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Innovació i Investigació educativa
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spelling Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape roomsGrande de Prado, MarioAbella García, VíctorBaelo Álvarez, RobertoGarcía Martín, SheilaGamificationEscape room gamesTeachers -- Training ofActive methodologiesGamificationEscape roomBreakoutGame based learning (GBL)LudificacióJocs d'escapadaProfessors -- FormacióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Innovació i Investigació educativaUsing games as an educational strategy stimulates participation and collaboration, thereby impacting the development of competencies. Escape rooms (and escape games) are cooperative games in which players must discover clues, solve puzzles, and complete tasks within a limited time. Escape rooms are becoming increasingly relevant in education and are associated with motivation. The goal is to escape from a room (or access a treasure). In this study on educational escape rooms, we analysed students’ perceptions (N = 34) after participating in an escape room experience, inquiring about its educational usefulness, and looking for relationships with other variables. A questionnaire was also administered for this purpose. The results revealed a positive view, highlighting this recreational proposal’s attractiveness. Previous experience with recreational games influences students’ perceptions, and those with less experience may show reservations. In conclusion, teachers are increasingly interested in training to incorporate escape rooms in the classroom, given their capacity to favour the acquisition of learning, skills, abilities, and competenciesPeer ReviewedOmniaScience20252025-10-0120262026-03-06journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/456939https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jotse.3020reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/4569392026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
title Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
spellingShingle Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
Grande de Prado, Mario
Gamification
Escape room games
Teachers -- Training of
Active methodologies
Gamification
Escape room
Breakout
Game based learning (GBL)
Ludificació
Jocs d'escapada
Professors -- Formació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Innovació i Investigació educativa
title_short Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
title_full Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
title_fullStr Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
title_full_unstemmed Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
title_sort Pre-service teachers' perceptions of educational escape rooms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Grande de Prado, Mario
Abella García, Víctor
Baelo Álvarez, Roberto
García Martín, Sheila
author Grande de Prado, Mario
author_facet Grande de Prado, Mario
Abella García, Víctor
Baelo Álvarez, Roberto
García Martín, Sheila
author_role author
author2 Abella García, Víctor
Baelo Álvarez, Roberto
García Martín, Sheila
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gamification
Escape room games
Teachers -- Training of
Active methodologies
Gamification
Escape room
Breakout
Game based learning (GBL)
Ludificació
Jocs d'escapada
Professors -- Formació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Innovació i Investigació educativa
topic Gamification
Escape room games
Teachers -- Training of
Active methodologies
Gamification
Escape room
Breakout
Game based learning (GBL)
Ludificació
Jocs d'escapada
Professors -- Formació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Innovació i Investigació educativa
description Using games as an educational strategy stimulates participation and collaboration, thereby impacting the development of competencies. Escape rooms (and escape games) are cooperative games in which players must discover clues, solve puzzles, and complete tasks within a limited time. Escape rooms are becoming increasingly relevant in education and are associated with motivation. The goal is to escape from a room (or access a treasure). In this study on educational escape rooms, we analysed students’ perceptions (N = 34) after participating in an escape room experience, inquiring about its educational usefulness, and looking for relationships with other variables. A questionnaire was also administered for this purpose. The results revealed a positive view, highlighting this recreational proposal’s attractiveness. Previous experience with recreational games influences students’ perceptions, and those with less experience may show reservations. In conclusion, teachers are increasingly interested in training to incorporate escape rooms in the classroom, given their capacity to favour the acquisition of learning, skills, abilities, and competencies
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