Robotics in Primary Education

About

Educational robotics is a promising tool for bringing excitement, motivation and growth of mathematics and other STEM skills into the classroom. However, a teacher needs solid proof that using educational robots in the classroom would improve students’ skills or that they would at least work as motivational tools. For this reason, the course covers at least 5 different age appropriate educational robotics platforms in a practical hands-on-workshops format. No previous knowledge of robotics nor programming is needed to take part in the course. The crash course for programming the robots is included in the introductory part.

During the workshops preschool and basic education teachers/students will form separate teams and will work on different tasks

Course leader

Janika Leoste, a PhD in Educational Sciences and a M.Sc. in Economics and Finance, is an Associate Professor of Educational Robotics at Tallinn University and a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tallinn University of Technology. Her research focuses on educational robotics, STEAM education, educational innovation, hybrid and blended learning. She has published 60 scholarly articles, including in Frontiers or Francis & Taylor.

Aalo Banko, Junior Research Fellow, School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University

Sirly Väät, Project Coordinator, School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University

Anastassia Skiperskaja, Projects assistant, School of Educational Sciences, Tallinn University

Target group

Active preschool or primary education teachers, BA or MA students in various fields in education or anyone interested in robotics in preschool or primary education. Medium level of efficiency in English (at least B1).

NB! The course can also be organised as a tailor-made course if there are more than 10 people from one organisation.

Fee info

Accommodation and meals are not included in the price