Robot for Mayor: Creative Pedagogies with Social Robots in Secondary Education for Youth Civic Agency

Abstract

This paper presents new ways to imagine and carry out creative pedagogies that use robots to teach socio-technical topics. The paper presents key theoretical and methodological ideas that informed a project co-designed in partnership with teachers and learners from Manurewa High School. This project portrays a speculative story of an affable humanoid robot who shares its goal of running for Mayor of the city of Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand and asks children for advice on how to prepare for this future role. The findings from this case study are organised around three main themes: suspending disbelief, powerful questions, and breaking the fourth wall. A discussion around learning using digital technologies more creatively and more critically closes the paper. The appropriateness of robots for creative and dialogic learning calls for the participation of learners and teachers in playful co-creation activities that transgress the conventional roles and scripts in the classroom and the curriculum.

Teaching Law Subjects by Using Educational Robots: Does the Use of Robots Lead to the Development of Legal Skills Among Law Staudents?

“…8 As a result, robots seek to duplicate and simulate the abilities of intelligent creatures, such as the ability to think or learn from prior experiences, or other processes that require mental operations. 9 In reality, one of the factors that contribute to the development of educational skills is the use of robots in education during the university education stages. 10 Learners gain information and skills in the domains of education through its design, programming and building.…”