Halloween Educational Robotics

Menacho, Antonio; Merino, Pedro; Sancristobal, Elio; Pérez-Molina, Clara; Blázquez, Manuel; Castro, Manuel

doi:10.1109/te.2021.3066891

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“…In addition, the study shows the need to feel supported by their families, with 81% of girls who receive parental support reporting a predisposition to pursue STEM studies. Indeed, the impact of the close environment (family, relatives, teachers) is also corroborated by other studies (Henriksen et al, 2015 ; Mainhard et al, 2018 ; Menacho et al, 2021 ; Palmer et al, 2017 ; Salmi et al, 2016 ; Vennix et al, 2018 ). Besides, the need to make female STEM role models visible, especially in schools, is also demonstrated by other studies (Gil-Quintana et al, 2020 ; Cheng et al, 2020 ).…”

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confidence: 75%

“…This means that teachers and education systems must be prepared for this challenge, which is why gender equality and STEM education and its integration into the educational curriculum are of paramount importance. In fact, there is a large amount of research that has analysed the reasons why girls and young women do not choose to study STEM disciplines (Henriksen et al, 2015 ; Mainhard et al, 2018 ; Menacho et al, 2021 ; Microsoft, 2017 ; Palmer et al, 2017 ; Salmi et al, 2016 ; Stoet & Geary, 2018 ; Vennix et al, 2018 ). But in addition, this sharp decrease in STEM vocations among girls, is also occurring in the educational and professional context in Spain, where the figures are increasingly alarming (Mateos-Sillero & Gómez-Hernández, 2019 ; Ministerio de ciencia e innovación del Gobierno de España, 2021 ; OECD, 2018 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…But in addition, we will also focus on analysing teachers’ perceptions, beliefs and training on STEM and gender. To achieve these objectives, a set of specific topics will be addressed, taking into account all previous research on STEM and gender among teachers and students (Henriksen et al, 2015 ; Mainhard et al, 2018 ; Menacho et al, 2021 ; Palmer et al, 2017 ; Salmi et al, 2016 ; Vennix et al, 2018 ; Gil-Quintana et al, 2020 ; Cheng et al, 2020 ; Dasgupta and Shout, 2014; Ahmed and Mudrey, 2019 ; Diekman et al, 2010 ; Olmedo-Torre et al, 2018 ; Starr, 2018 ; Bloodhart et al, 2020 ). Thus, we will focus on questions of gender inequality in relation to their present and past hobbies and tastes, participation in out-of-school STEM activities and whether they are highly motivated and supported by their parents and teachers.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Analysis of barriers, supports and gender gap in the choice of STEM studies in secondary education

Merayo

Lanchares

2022

Int J Technol Des Educ

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Society is more digitised than ever and there is an urgent need to train people in these sectors, where women are still under-represented. A quantitative descriptive, correlational and explanatory descriptive design was used to identify barriers, supports and gender gaps in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Secondary Education by analysing the interest and perception of 1562 students and 432 teachers. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Lambda test and Crame’s V or Phi test were performed together with a qualitative analysis. The results show that fewer female students want to pursue STEM studies, with girls preferring health and education professions and boys preferring engineering and computer science. Indeed, their motivation is different since we found correlations between being a girl and choosing STEM for helping people and society, while earning money is important for boys. Girls believe more necessary than boys to have qualities to study STEM and less often perceive themselves as intelligent and courageous. Our study revealed that families and teachers encourage more boys than girls towards STEM activities. Teachers believe that girls are influence by preconceived ideas, lack of STEM knowledge and lower self-esteem. Regarding gender equality, almost half state that no objectives are included in the curricula, 43.85% do not include it in subjects and only 30% received training. Consequently, female vocations need to be promoted by teaching how STEM solves real-life problems, fostering creativity, increasing self-confidence, promoting STEM activities and making female role models visible. Teachers should receive more gender training and promote gender-sensitive STEM education.

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Analysis of barriers, supports and gender gap in the choice of STEM studies in secondary education

Merayo

Lanchares

2022

Int J Technol Des Educ

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“…Starting from the needs of real life and development, by perfecting and solving project problems in real situations, we can cultivate students' scientific literacy, strive to achieve allround development, and cultivate professionals who meet the needs of national development. Many scholars have discussed how to carry out STEAM research and learning activities and have successively integrated the STEAM education concept with the research-based learning classroom to meet the needs of curriculum reform and student development [6]. Pond and others constructed STEM cases with effective failure theory, constructed ecosystem models with relevant scientific knowledge of high school biology "ecosystem," and discussed how to improve students' selfefficacy through project completion in high school biology teaching [7].…”

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Application of Mobile Information System in Quality Education of Research Activities

Liu

San-qing

2022

Mobile Information Systems

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In order to solve the problems of uneven local educational resources, imperfect comprehensive practice systems, and insufficient teachers in rural schools, this paper proposes a research activity based on mobile information system. The research activities proposed in this paper take STEAM (the acronym of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) as the educational concept, carry out local research-based learning (research-based learning, hereinafter referred to as “research-based learning”), and create STEAM research activities suitable for local teaching in combination with the requirements of national education reform to improve students’ scientific literacy such as innovation, scientific, and technological level, and independent practice and exploration. The results are as follows: 92% of the students in the experimental group think that STEAM research and learning activities are very interesting and recognize the research and learning process; STEAM research activities have a strong role in promoting the cultivation of students’ three abilities and the training of core skills, and the scores are increased by about 50%; the excellent, good, qualified, and unqualified students in the experimental group accounted for 15%, 73%, 12%, and 0%, respectively, while the control group accounted for 6%, 55%, 32%, and 7%, respectively. Through the participation of STEAM research activities, the students’ learning attitude has been greatly improved. The practice of STEAM research activities proposed in this paper in the research and implementation institute has achieved remarkable results, which provides experience for Western schools in the follow-up stage of compulsory education to carry out STEAM research activities.

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“…On the other hand, it has been suggested that robotics can easily facilitate discussions in STEM education [26,27], including computational thinking [28]. This is due mainly to the difference between robots and computers in aspects of full embodiment, as it is much more appealing to interact with robots than with software.…”

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An Inexpensive Autonomous Mobile Robot for Undergraduate Education: Integration of Arduino and Hokuyo Laser Range Finders

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This paper discusses how to integrate a widely used, inexpensive laser range finder (LRF), the Hokuyo URG-04LX-UG01, with an easy-to-use Arduino microcontroller, into a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program for mechanical engineering students. The LRF has been used in several autonomous robots, in conjunction with laptops and desktop computers, due to its low cost. In addition, Arduino microcontrollers are suitable for educational purposes due to their open-source design and cost-effectiveness. Thus, combining the Hokuyo LRF with Arduino microcontrollers seems to be the best option to teach mechatronics to undergraduate students majoring in non-electrical and electronic engineering subjects, such as mechanical engineering. However, they have seldom been integrated for use in STEM education. Here, we built an autonomous robot integrating these devices and designed a course that teaches several aspects of mechatronics, including control engineering, programming, and embedded systems. The course for mechanical engineering students is 10 weeks in duration, easy to implement, and has a high cost-benefit ratio given the low cost of the robot (~1,350 USD). The results of a questionnaire given to the student participants upon completion of the course indicated that the course enhanced their knowledge, motivation, interest, and satisfaction. Therefore, we believe that this report will be helpful in providing a STEM education framework that allows students to acquire the basic skills and knowledge necessary to solve real-world problems.

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Halloween Educational Robotics

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Analysis of barriers, supports and gender gap in the choice of STEM studies in secondary education

Analysis of barriers, supports and gender gap in the choice of STEM studies in secondary education

Application of Mobile Information System in Quality Education of Research Activities

An Inexpensive Autonomous Mobile Robot for Undergraduate Education: Integration of Arduino and Hokuyo Laser Range Finders

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