Children, robotics, and education

Johnson, Jeffrey (2003). Children, robotics, and education. Artificial Life and Robotics, 7(1-2) pp. 16–21.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480880

Abstract

Popular interest in robotics has increased astonishingly in the past few years. Robotics is seen by many as offering major new benefits in education at all levels. Before rushing to exploit this popularity, educators should ask serious questions about the universality and longevity of the robotics phenomenon. Is it a fashion? To be useful, the energy released by robotics must be sustained and universal, and the means of exploiting it must be systematic. Universities define their own robotics curriculum, but most schools lack both the resources and freedom to so this, and must work with a national curriculum. If it can be shown that robotics has sustained potential in education, it seems inevitable that new ways need to found to integrate it into the curriculum.

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