La robótica como estrategia didáctica para las aulas de Educación Primaria

Abstract

Educational robotics (RE) is gradually opening up in our educational system. Although its use is still not widespread, we know how important it is for the development of students in all curricular areas, if they work in a globalized manner and with the appropriate methodology. This article aims to present the development of an experience on the use of educational robotics in Primary Education students. For this, a didactic proposal formed by several projects that develop the same theme was put into operation. It was applied for seven weeks in two groups of students between 6 and 12 years of age. They worked in groups of three, with assigned roles that were rotated in each session to develop different skills: search, selection, analysis, etc. A programming software called Scratch version 1.4 was used and\nthe Lego WeDo hardware, which allows intuitive approach to robotics and resistant materials. During the development of the experience, we have observed favourable results, both in the majority of students and teachers and in the families of the students who participated in the last session and which consisted of an exhibition of the projects carried out. With the development of this study we have experienced the didactic possibilities that robotics can offer us as a didactic strategy for Primary Education classrooms; in addition to identifying as main drawbacks both its high cost and the insufficient and necessary initial and continuing teacher training in this area, without making it exclusive of the Technology area.