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Educational Robotics in the service of CSE: A study based on the PanHellenic competition

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Anastasios Theodoropoulos,

Angeliki Antoniou,

George LepourasAuthors Info & Claims

WiPSCE '16: Proceedings of the 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

Pages 84 - 87

https://doi.org/10.1145/2978249.2978262

Published: 13 October 2016 Publication History

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The present work is an observational study recording the participating teachers' attitudes from the PanHellenic Educational Robotics (ER) competition. The study investigates the benefits of students' involvement with robotics about skills, motivation and learning. Additionally, it is researched weather ER should be introduced in the Greek compulsory curricula. A qualitative methodology was used and although the sample was relatively small (N=18), the results were quite homogeneous showing a very high level of engagement and motivation of teachers and students. The results show that there are numerous benefits for students: they seem to increase their collaboration, problem solving and creativity skills; understand STEM concepts about computer science and engineering and especially gaining programming knowledge. Moreover, most of the teachers consider that ER should be part of the compulsory curriculum.

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Tzagaraki EPapadakis SKalogiannakis M(2022)Teachers’ Attitudes on the Use of Educational Robotics in Primary SchoolSTEM, Robotics, Mobile Apps in Early Childhood and Primary Education10.1007/978-981-19-0568-1_13(257-283)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0568-1_13
Theodoropoulos AVassilakis CAntoniou AWallace MLepouras G(2020)ATMF: A Student-Centered Framework for the Effective Implementation of Alternative Teaching Methods for CSEdDigital Transformation for a Sustainable Society in the 21st Century10.1007/978-3-030-39634-3_11(116-127)Online publication date: 23-Jan-2020
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Theodoropoulos ALeon PAntoniou ALepouras GMühling ACutts Q(2018)Computing in the physical world engages studentsProceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education10.1145/3265757.3265770(1-4)Online publication date: 4-Oct-2018
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