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Type Conference or Workshop Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Published in Proceedings Yes
Title Robotics as Part of an Informatics Degree Program for Teachers
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Dorit Assaf
  • Rolf Pfeifer
Presentation Type paper
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
ISBN 1–880094–84–3
Page Range 3128 - 3133
Event Title Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2011
Event Type conference
Event Location Nashville, USA
Event Start Date March 7 - 2011
Event End Date March 11 - 2011
Series Name Proceedings 2011
Number 1
Place of Publication Chesapeake, USA
Publisher Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Abstract Text This paper describes two robot competitions that took place within a robotics class for teachers. The robotics class was part of a two-year master's degree program that aims at educating upper secondary school teachers of different backgrounds in informatics, a discipline that is not yet a mandatory part of the school curriculum in Switzerland. The aim of these robot competitions was to familiarize the teachers with robotic hardware and software such that they would be able to design their own informatics class syllabus. We describe the robotic platforms used, the competitions, their aims and results. Furthermore, we address the question whether robots are a suitable tool for teacher education in informatics.
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