Using Disruptive Methodologies and Game-Based Learning to Foster Transversal Skills

As new technologies and professional profiles emerge, traditional education paradigms have to be adapted to new scenarios, creating favorable conditions for promoting transversal skills among students. Consequently, there is a growing demand for training in emergent skills to solve problems of different natures, distributive leadership competencies, empathy, ability to control emotions, etc. In this sense, one of the challenges that educators of all different educational levels and training contexts have to face is to foster these skills in their courses. To overcome these obstacles, innovative and disruptive methodologies, such as game-based learning activities like escape rooms, can be a great ally for teachers to work on transversal skills and specific knowledge at the same time. The Handbook of Research on Using Disruptive Methodologies and Game-Based Learning to Foster Transversal Skills gathers knowledge, skills, abilities, and capabilities on innovative and disruptive methodologies that can be applied in all educational levels to foster transversal skills. This publication contains different contributions focused on the description of innovative educational methods, processes, and tools that can be adopted by teachers to promote transversal skills such as creativity, critical thinking, decision-making, and entrepreneurial skills. This book is ideal for teachers, instructional designers, educational software developers, academics, professionals, students, and researchers working at all levels in the educational field and provides valuable background information to professionals who aim to overcome traditional paradigm obstacles and meet student needs by means of innovative and disruptive methodologies.

Irene Rivera-Trigueros is a PhD candidate at the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Granada, Spain. She is currently working as a predoctoral researcher at the University of Granada with an FPU contract funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. She graduated in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Granada and holds a MA in Information and Scientific Communication (University of Granada) and a MA in Teacher Training for Compulsory and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Language Teaching (University of Almería).