Empowering Teachers' Competencies: A Task-Centered Teacher Development to Integrating Robotics in STEM Education

D. Saad, I. Verner, R. B. Rosenberg-Kima

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Abstract

Robotics can promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education as well as 21st-century skills such as creativity and computational thinking. Nevertheless, robotics is not a mandatory part of the curriculum in many countries. One possible solution could be to integrate robotics into existing subjects such as science. Integrating robotics may be challenging because teachers lack relevant pedagogical and technological competencies, and their self-efficacy is correspondingly low. In this study, we examined how a task-centered teacher development program for integrating robotics in science education can be used to foster competencies science teachers need to integrate robotics activities into their teaching. We found that the task-centered instructional strategy is an approach that can potentially foster teachers' competencies to integrate robotics activities into science education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2024
Subtitle of host publicationLearning as a Cornerstone of Healing, Resilience, and Community - 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024 - Proceedings
EditorsRobb Lindgren, Tutaleni Asino, Eleni A. Kyza, Chee-Kit Looi, D. Teo Keifert, Enrique Suarez
Pages1299-1302
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9798990698000
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024 - Buffalo, United States
Duration: 10 Jun 202414 Jun 2024

Publication series

NameComputer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL

Conference

Conference18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBuffalo
Period10/06/2414/06/24

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Education

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