Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary Schools
This study proposes a methodological approach that allows educational robotics to be used in order to develop collaboration skills in educational settings. Educational robotics is a promising educational tool that has the potential to become a platform for the development of a range of skills. Howev...
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| author | Emmanouil A. Demetroulis Anastasios Theodoropoulos Manolis Wallace Vassilis Poulopoulos Angeliki Antoniou |
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| description | This study proposes a methodological approach that allows educational robotics to be used in order to develop collaboration skills in educational settings. Educational robotics is a promising educational tool that has the potential to become a platform for the development of a range of skills. However, there is a scarce amount of empirical case studies that present detailed information on the way it is implemented within formal primary school education. On the other hand, even though collaboration skills are considered vital for future school graduates, it is rarely discussed as the main focus of educational robotics. Most commonly collaboration or teamwork skills are viewed as a byproduct of the robotics activities. This work views collaboration skills as the main outcome. The methodological approach that this work proposes has been implemented during a period of three years in one pilot and two case studies. This research measures the reflection of the robotics tasks paired with the methodological approach to the development of collaboration skills. In order to measure the development of collaboration skills, the ATC21S<sup>TM</sup> framework was used. The results showed activation of the indicators that comprise collaboration skills. Additionally, observations, which were gathered during unsupervised and unrelated to educational robotics, non-context-driven social interactions, showed improvements in students’ social behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72952262c885481785e14c86c1709eaf2023-12-01T01:29:08ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022023-05-0113546810.3390/educsci13050468Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary SchoolsEmmanouil A. Demetroulis0Anastasios Theodoropoulos1Manolis Wallace2Vassilis Poulopoulos3Angeliki Antoniou4GAV LAB—Knowledge and Uncertainty Research Laboratory, University of the Peloponnese, 22131 Tripolis, GreeceDepartment of Performing and Digital Arts, University of Peloponnese, 21100 Nafplion, GreeceGAV LAB—Knowledge and Uncertainty Research Laboratory, University of the Peloponnese, 22131 Tripolis, GreeceGAV LAB—Knowledge and Uncertainty Research Laboratory, University of the Peloponnese, 22131 Tripolis, GreeceDepartment of Archival Library and Information Studies, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, GreeceThis study proposes a methodological approach that allows educational robotics to be used in order to develop collaboration skills in educational settings. Educational robotics is a promising educational tool that has the potential to become a platform for the development of a range of skills. However, there is a scarce amount of empirical case studies that present detailed information on the way it is implemented within formal primary school education. On the other hand, even though collaboration skills are considered vital for future school graduates, it is rarely discussed as the main focus of educational robotics. Most commonly collaboration or teamwork skills are viewed as a byproduct of the robotics activities. This work views collaboration skills as the main outcome. The methodological approach that this work proposes has been implemented during a period of three years in one pilot and two case studies. This research measures the reflection of the robotics tasks paired with the methodological approach to the development of collaboration skills. In order to measure the development of collaboration skills, the ATC21S<sup>TM</sup> framework was used. The results showed activation of the indicators that comprise collaboration skills. Additionally, observations, which were gathered during unsupervised and unrelated to educational robotics, non-context-driven social interactions, showed improvements in students’ social behavior.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/5/468collaborationcollaboration skillseducational roboticsprimary educationformal school settingscase studies |
| spellingShingle | Emmanouil A. Demetroulis Anastasios Theodoropoulos Manolis Wallace Vassilis Poulopoulos Angeliki Antoniou Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary Schools Education Sciences collaboration collaboration skills educational robotics primary education formal school settings case studies |
| title | Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary Schools |
| title_full | Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary Schools |
| title_fullStr | Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary Schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary Schools |
| title_short | Collaboration Skills in Educational Robotics: A Methodological Approach—Results from Two Case Studies in Primary Schools |
| title_sort | collaboration skills in educational robotics a methodological approach results from two case studies in primary schools |
| topic | collaboration collaboration skills educational robotics primary education formal school settings case studies |
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