Abstract
In recent years, educational robotics is gaining ground in the educational policy of more and more places around the world in both formal and non-formal education programs. Also, the usefulness of educational robotics in special education for the treatment of deficits of students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism, especially at the level of student inclusion, is strongly supported. In the present work, the findings of a pilot educational research in a general education school are presented with the participation of students with special educational needs.
Highlights
Technologies are an integral part of the education of both formal development students and students with special educational needs
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and applications of robots, (Psara, 2016) and computer systems for performing controls, feedback, and information processing, automated machines that can replace a human in dangerous environments or production processes, or look like people in appearance, behavior, and/or knowledge
Educational robotics has become very popular in both primary and secondary education, due to the effective help it offers to students to acquire problem-solving skills
Summary
Technologies are an integral part of the education of both formal development students and students with special educational needs. Educational robotics is a relatively new scientific discipline that deals with the construction, programming, and utilization of robots at various educational levels. As a subject, it is part of the computer science course and aims to plan activities to enhance computational thinking skills. Educational robotics has become very popular in both primary and secondary education, due to the effective help it offers to students to acquire problem-solving skills. Regarding educational robotics as a tool to approach knowledge in special education, for children with learning disabilities, dyslexia, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) it is argued that it is a "tool" useful to eliminate students' disabilities and deficits as well, helps students acquire skills, develop self-esteem and access knowledge. The project aims to introduce ‘coding and robotics’ to primary school students (9-12) with emphasis to target students with fewer opportunities for participation in innovative programs for the acquisition of digital skills such as students with learning disabilities
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