Escape room as an adult education tool
Escape room jako narzędzie edukacji dorosłych
Author(s): Michał Mijalski, Martyna Cieśla, Monika GromadzkaSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Adult Education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: escape room; adult education; serious games; structured interviews
Summary/Abstract: Games gain popularity as teaching tools. Escape rooms, how-ever, are a novelty, with most authors focusing on their description rather than the analysis of effects of their utilisation. The objective of this paper is to analyse experiences of players partaking in an educational escape game, and to observe escape rooms from the viewpoint of a scholar inter-ested in the efficiency of the tool. The research material consists of questionnaires filled in by research subjects and transcripts of structured interviews. Due to the relatively large sample (N = 258), it is possible to conclude from the gathered quantitative data that there has been a growth in the subjects’ knowledge.
Journal: Homo Ludens
- Issue Year: 13/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 163-178
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English