Initiatives and Development of Secondary School Robotics Education in Camarin High School

Abstract

High School is one of the schools in the Philippines that is making an initiative in improving Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education through robotics education. In this paper, the authors report the development of a robotics program for students in junior high school. Through the Teacher Training Program of the Japanese Government for international teachers, localized challenges were identified, and advances in technology education were examined for consideration. This paper informs how the teacher-in-charge (the first author) grasps the problems in Camarin High School and tries to improve robotics education by using available simple materials. Focuses are on basics in robotics education for secondary school, step-by-step education in project learning, and low-cost devices. It is hoped to provide useful insights to both practitioners of robotics education and initiators in a similar situation.