Author, as appears in the article.: Schina, Despoina; Esteve-Gonzalez, Vanessa; Usart, Mireia;

Department: Pedagogia

URV's Author/s: Esteve Gonzalez, Vanessa / Schina, Despoina / Usart Rodríguez, Mireia

Keywords: Teacher training Schools Professional-development Improving classroom teaching Elementary Educational robotics Digital technologies Design

Abstract: The emergence of Educational Robotics (ER) and its rapid spread across all levels of education in recent years has drawn attention to the need for further training in this discipline. In this study we discuss the panorama of teacher training research in ER and make recommendations for institutions that intend to implement ER teacher training programs. We explore three databases that include publications in ER teacher training and select 38 publications for analysis. We discuss these publications with special emphasis on requirements, durations, trainer and trainee profiles, pedagogical approaches and best practices. Our main findings are the lack of uniformity regarding the duration and requirements of training programs and the fact that information on trainer and trainee profiles is not always documented. ER teacher training programs are often not founded on theory. When they are based on pedagogical principles, however, these are usually constructivism/constructionism, inquiry-based learning or project-based learning. The most prominent best practices for ER teacher training fall into five categories: collaboration, materials, pedagogy, practice and feedback/support. Our recommendations will help to improve the content, structure and implementation of future ER teacher training programs and the reliability and generalizability of research results and design.

Thematic Areas: Pedagogical & educational research Library and information sciences Engenharias iv Education & educational research Education E-learning Ciencias sociales

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: mireia.usart@urv.cat despoina.schina@urv.cat vanessa.esteve@urv.cat mireia.usart@urv.cat vanessa.esteve@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-4372-9312 0000-0001-5909-1099 0000-0003-4372-9312 0000-0001-5909-1099

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-020-10377-z

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Education And Information Technologies. 26 (3): 2831-2852

APA: Schina, Despoina; Esteve-Gonzalez, Vanessa; Usart, Mireia; (2021). An overview of teacher training programs in educational robotics: characteristics, best practices and recommendations. Education And Information Technologies, 26(3), 2831-2852. DOI: 10.1007/s10639-020-10377-z

Article's DOI: 10.1007/s10639-020-10377-z

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2021

Publication Type: Journal Publications