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Authors:
Lauren Harter
Jason McKenna
Keywords: robotics; professional development; teaching and learning; community of practice.
Abstract:
Educational robotics is an effective tool for teaching and learning an interdisciplinary STEM curriculum. Yet, traditional teacher education programs often do not cover engineering and technology as part of the curriculum—most often excluding robotics entirely—leaving teachers underprepared for the application of educational robotics in the classroom. To help close this gap, an online professional development program was developed and piloted for robots and curriculum spanning from kindergarten through high school. Preliminary results from qualitative observations and quantitative survey data indicate that this pilot program helped teachers increase interest, self-efficacy, robotics and coding knowledge, and develop a sense of community. Future directions and research based on the results of this professional development pilot are discussed.
Pages: 20 to 24
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022
Publication date: June 26, 2022
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4367
ISBN: 978-1-61208-985-0
Location: Porto, Portugal
Dates: from June 26, 2022 to June 30, 2022