The Role of Motivation in the Development of Transversal Competences

• Main Authors: María Isabel Rodríguez-Cáceres, Mónica Palomino-Vasco, María Victoria Gil Álvarez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
• Series: Proceedings
• Subjects: motivation; transversal competences; public speaking
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/21/1340

The experience was carried out with the students of the optional subject “Wine and Health”, taught in 4th year of Degree of Oenology. This Degree has a low number of students, due to that, in the first year of teaching (2013/14) only three students enrolled in the subject, so we considered it was necessary to do something “different” to motivate students to enroll in this subject. This was carried out by inviting them to do a literature review on some topics, such as the relationship between moderate wine intake and Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Cancer or Allergy. In addition, they had to make an audiovisual presentation and expose it in the Conference of Viticulture and Oenology that are celebrated in Almendralejo (Badajoz, Spain), every year at the beginning of May. In general, after five years it has been observed that this methodology has increased the interest of students for this subject, which is reflected in more students in class, more class attendance and great interest. In addition, they have developed transversal skills such as public speaking, which has provided them with security and will probably be useful when conducting job interviews.