Percepciones del Profesorado de Educación Secundaria ante la Robótica Educativa como recurso didáctico en el enfoque STEM

Abstract

Educational Robotics (RE) has more and more prominence in the secondary education classrooms and also the participation in the FIRST® LEGO® League championship. Its implication involves a globalizing approach to the different areas of the curriculum that generates a high degree of motivation in the students. In this article we intend to focus on the perception of Secondary Education teachers to know the strengths and difficulties of the implementation of the ER. To this end, a group of teachers who participated in the FIRST® LEGO® League championship in the 2018-19 school year were requested to collaborate. The research provides data on the experience of these teachers and their assessments of motivation and learning in students. The results obtained allow us to conclude that the RE project is well valued by teachers and highlights its potential as a motivational element committed to the students' competence achievement.