Abigail López-Alcarria

Abigail López-Alcarria (ORCID: 0000-0002-8768-8738) is a professor at the Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education from the Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Granada. In addition, she has participated as a speaker in seminars and courses aimed at teacher training. On the other hand, she has participated in several training activities of pedagogical techniques for the improvement of teaching quality. She is currently participating as a collaborator in two teaching innovation projects aimed at the use of technological tools in the educational field. Her research career is focused on the evaluation of the quality of curriculum greening in educational centers through educational programs such as Eco-schools or Agenda 21. Since 2011, she is an active member of the research group HUM-89 Evaluation in Environmental, Social and Institutional Education. In addition, she has participated in research projects at national and European level, related to the field of environmental education and sustainable development. She is also the author of different research articles and book chapters of national and international prestige.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Using Disruptive Methodologies and Game-Based Learning to Foster Transversal Skills
Handbook of Research on Using Disruptive Methodologies and Game-Based Learning to Foster Transversal Skills
Irene Rivera-Trigueros, Abigail López-Alcarria, Diego-Pablo Ruiz-Padillo, María Dolores Olvera-Lobo, José Gutiérrez-Pérez. © 2022. 507 pages.
As new technologies and professional profiles emerge, traditional education paradigms have to be adapted to new scenarios, creating favorable conditions for promoting transversal...
Disruptive Methodologies in Eco-Centers: Sustainability Audit as a Tool for Detecting Needs in Participatory Processes
Disruptive Methodologies in Eco-Centers: Sustainability Audit as a Tool for Detecting Needs in Participatory Processes
Abigail López-Alcarria, José Gutiérrez-Pérez, Pablo Rodríguez-Díaz, Diego-Pablo Ruiz-Padillo. © 2022. 27 pages.
This chapter delves into the use of sustainability audits as a disruptive methodology through participatory action research to analyze the starting situation of educational...
A Digital Escape Rooms for Learning General Physics in HEIs: Building the Universe in Five Rooms
A Digital Escape Rooms for Learning General Physics in HEIs: Building the Universe in Five Rooms
Pablo Rodríguez-Díaz, Diego-Pablo Ruiz-Padillo, Abigail López-Alcarria, José Gutiérrez-Pérez. © 2022. 21 pages.
There is a growing trend in the use of educational escape rooms (EER) in the classroom and therefore in the demand for case studies by teachers. This chapter shares the...
Socio-Corporate Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: The Case of Public Universities in Andalusia
Socio-Corporate Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: The Case of Public Universities in Andalusia
Abigail López-Alcarria, María de Fátima Poza-Vilches, Teresa Pozo-Llorente. © 2021. 28 pages.
Today, universities face the great challenge of becoming competently sustainable institutions. A crucial role is played by SDGs in a university's progress toward...