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Exploring Preservice Teachers' Attitudes About the Usage of Educational Robotics in Preschool Education

Exploring Preservice Teachers' Attitudes About the Usage of Educational Robotics in Preschool Education

Stamatios Papadakis, Michail Kalogiannakis
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799845768|ISBN10: 1799845761|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799852094|EISBN13: 9781799845775
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4576-8.ch013
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Papadakis, Stamatios, and Michail Kalogiannakis. "Exploring Preservice Teachers' Attitudes About the Usage of Educational Robotics in Preschool Education." Handbook of Research on Tools for Teaching Computational Thinking in P-12 Education, edited by Michail Kalogiannakis and Stamatios Papadakis, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 339-355. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4576-8.ch013

APA

Papadakis, S. & Kalogiannakis, M. (2020). Exploring Preservice Teachers' Attitudes About the Usage of Educational Robotics in Preschool Education. In M. Kalogiannakis & S. Papadakis (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Tools for Teaching Computational Thinking in P-12 Education (pp. 339-355). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4576-8.ch013

Chicago

Papadakis, Stamatios, and Michail Kalogiannakis. "Exploring Preservice Teachers' Attitudes About the Usage of Educational Robotics in Preschool Education." In Handbook of Research on Tools for Teaching Computational Thinking in P-12 Education, edited by Michail Kalogiannakis and Stamatios Papadakis, 339-355. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4576-8.ch013

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Abstract

Educational robotics have become popular worldwide with a broad range of students, including preschoolers. Although the impact of robotics technology in classrooms has been extensively studied, less is known about preschool teachers' perceptions of how robotics technology impacts learning and its relation to use in the classroom. This is problematic since we know that teachers' perceptions have a great influence on their teaching practices. This study used survey data gathered from 102 students of the Department of Preschool Education in a University in Greece. A questionnaire developed by the researchers were used as data collection tool. At the end of the study, it was determined that preservice preschool teachers' attitudes about educational robotics usage in preschool classrooms were positive although they lack in relevant knowledge. These findings are discussed with respect to their educational implications.

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