A Constructivist Methodology for Teacher Training in Educational Robotics: The TERECoP Course in Greece through Trainees' Eyes

Abstract

This paper presents a constructivist methodology for teacher training in robotic technology and its implementation within the framework of a teacher training course. The methodology in question is aimed at keeping in line with the proposed use of robotics as a tool of constructivist teaching and learning and is meant to train teachers in the very way in which they will be asked to train their pupils in school classes. The evaluation of the above methodology is seen through the eyes of the trainees, as reflected in the questionnaires they filled in and the diary they kept. The evaluation leads to the conclusion that the teachers were positive about the planning of the course, as it gave them the chance to pass from their initial role of a trainee in robotics to that of a teacher planning activities in robotics for their pupils.