Educational robotics for the formation of programming skills and computational thinking in childish

Title
Publication TypeConference Paper
Año de publicación2017
AuthorsCaballero-González, Y, García-Valcárcel, A
Nombre de la Conferencia2017 International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE)
Publisher IEEE
Conference LocationLisbon, Portugal
ISBN978-1-5386-0648-3
Keywordschildren's education, Computational thinking, constructionism, educational robotics, programming skills
Resumen

Currently, the education sector has been transformed because of the incorporation of information and communication technologies as a valuable support for the formation of digital skills and significant learning. In this article, we present how educational robotics can be integrated into a school environment allowing the achievement of curricular objectives and the development of programming skills and computational thinking. The study was oriented towards a population of 131 students of early childhood education, belonging to a concerted educational center of the autonomous community of Castilla y León, during the 2016-2017 academic period. It describes the resources used, the teaching-learning activities developed and shows what was the acceptance expressed by teachers and students about the incorporation of educational robotics in the classroom.

DOI10.1109/SIIE.2017.8259652