Hiscape the fog – Be ready to ‘room’ around

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10.2991/978-94-6463-380-1_21How to use a DOI?

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History-A; escape room; active methodology; humanities

Abstract

In Portugal, there is a noticeable growing disinterest for the study area of Social Sciences and Humanities to the detriment of the Science and Technologies study area. While living in a society that values a practical kind of knowledge ready to be used in various jobs, subjects that require insight tend to be discarded, which influences the mindset of educational agents. Therefore, from the idea of a “Humanity without Humanities” (Savater, 1997), the project Hiscape the Fog – Be ready to “room” around comes to light, with a practical duration of 6 weeks, extending to a year for evaluation purposes. The project was designed by professionals graduated in Educational Sciences, having taken place within the curricular unit Training, Work and Social Exclusion, lectured by professors Sónia Ferreira, Simone Almeida and Luís Alcoforado. Moreover, it is noted that the present project was guided and supervised by Professor Dr. Simone Almeida. The main objective of this project is to promote the increase of the average History-A grades in the school where it will be implemented. In order to frame the project’s dynamic, we would opt for a more active and interactive methodology applied to the school context, more specifically secondary schools. For this, we would adapt the traditional Escape Room concept, which meets the parameters we referred to earlier. This method is based on the search of, following the example of Young’s words, “valuing the knowledge and moving a pedagogy focused in the student’s experience and founded in disciplinary contents” (2010, quoted by Festas, 2015, p. 717). Regarding the used analysis technique, we settled with the SOAR technique (strengths, opportunities, aspirations and results). As for the results, we intend to embolden the motivation and fondness of studying the aforementioned subjects, thus improving the student’s performance in their assessments, mainly the national exam. Finally, we suggest the implementation of similar projects in other areas of the school curriculum. Furthermore, it’s also possible to adapt the content in accordance with the History programs of other countries that might be interested.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ana Vilela
AU  - Andreia Mendes
AU  - Mikaela Santos
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/29
TI  - Hiscape the fog – Be ready to ‘room’ around
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Lifelong Education and Leadership for All (ICLEL 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 214
EP  - 222
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-380-1_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-380-1_21
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