Author, as appears in the article.: Schina D; Esteve-González V; Usart M; Lázaro-Cantabrana JL; Gisbert M

Department: Pedagogia

e-ISSN: 2071-1050

URV's Author/s: Esteve Gonzalez, Vanessa / Gisbert Cervera, Maria Mercedes / Lázaro Cantabrana, José Luis / Schina, Despoina / Usart Rodríguez, Mireia

Keywords: Teacher education Teacher digital competence Robots Higher education Digital technologies

Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. Education is of key importance to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), particularly now that the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the progress made toward a more inclusive, peaceful, fair, and prosperous society. In this research study, students of the bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy receive a specialized training that addresses the SDGs through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) referring to computers and digital technologies. In particular, the training addresses the SDGs through Educational Robotics (ER). The aim of the training course is twofold: First, to reinforce the students’ Teacher Digital Competence (TDC), defined as teachers’ ICT competence and didactic and methodological skills; and second, to train them in the integration of SDGs in ER educational projects. This paper presents a case study in which qualitative and quantitative methods are implemented. The objectives of the study are to investigate the students’ level of TDC and examine their ability to integrate SDGs in ER projects. The research instruments employed are the COMDID-A questionnaire, a lesson plan template, and a lesson plan evaluation rubric. Among the most prominent findings, it is shown that the training enabled the students to work on sustainability in a cross-curricular manner and successfully develop ER projects centered on different SDGs. These conclusions will encourage teacher education institutions to integrate SDGs in their curriculum.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Medicina i Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Historia Hardware and architecture Green & sustainable science & technology Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Environmental studies Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Energy engineering and power technology Education Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer networks and communications Ciências agrárias i Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo

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

Author's mail: despoina.schina@urv.cat vanessa.esteve@urv.cat mireia.usart@urv.cat joseluis.lazaro@urv.cat vanessa.esteve@urv.cat merce.gisbert@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-5909-1099 0000-0003-4372-9312 0000-0001-9689-603X 0000-0001-5909-1099 0000-0002-8330-1495

Record's date: 2023-09-23

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

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/23/10085

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

Papper original source: Sustainability. 12 (23): 1-15

APA: Schina D; Esteve-González V; Usart M; Lázaro-Cantabrana JL; Gisbert M (2020). The integration of sustainable development goals in educational robotics: A teacher education experience. Sustainability, 12(23), 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310085

Article's DOI: 10.3390/su122310085

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications