Abstract
Interest in educational robotics has grown in recent years, and many efforts have been undertaken across the globe to include robots into school instruction from kindergarten to high school, mostly in science and technology subjects. The current study is to determine teachers' technological acceptance and readiness to implement robotic technology in the teaching and learning process. A descriptive research design was employed which utilized a survey method. This survey was conducted among primary school teachers of Science, Mathematics, Design and Technology, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Malaysia. According to the findings, teachers' acceptance of robot technology in the classroom is at a modest 3.77 (SD = 0.598) while the readiness score is 3.67 (SD = 0.611). The findings indicated that school teachers are only moderately prepared to employ robotic technology in classrooms. Respondents also argued that the high cost of robotic technology is a significant barrier to incorporate robotic technology into teaching and learning. The practicality of this paper is the provision of insights for exploring adoption possibilities and barriers in auguring robots into primary school classrooms. This indicates that the higher the level of teachers’ acceptance, the higher teachers’ readiness in robotic technology. Respondents argued that the high cost of robotic technology is a significant barrier to incorporating robotic technology into teaching and learning.
Highlights
In recent decades, the robotics industry has rapidly advanced in the permeation of human job roles, in particular, jobs that are dangerous and repetitive, such as in the field of rescue, guidance, service, and much more (Huang, 2021)
60.6% of respondents viewed that robotics technology enables them to finish their task more quickly
Most teachers are expected to use technology positively and. They agreed that social influence would help them confidently use robotics in education. These include investing in robotics technology and learning about it on one's own
Summary
The robotics industry has rapidly advanced in the permeation of human job roles, in particular, jobs that are dangerous and repetitive, such as in the field of rescue, guidance, service, and much more (Huang, 2021). In the practice of teaching, the educational robot is the teaching assistant to subject teachers in demonstrating the curriculum and moderating supplementary enrichment activities that boost students' attention and concentration outcomes. In tandem, this robot serves as the student's learning companion, following the concept of edutainment where students continue to learn in out-of-class domains that are enriched with student-robot interactions. In middle school STEM classrooms, robot tutors are on-screen - in a virtual reality (VR) setting, to teach general science subjects in an immersive learning environment (Makransky et al, 2019). A human-like pedagogical agent stimulates working memory and math skills
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