Teaching Social Robotics to Motivate Women into Engineering and Robotics Careers

Barco, Àlex; Walsh, Rhea Montgomery; Block, Avram; Loveys, Kate; McDaid, Andrew; Broadbent, Elizabeth

doi:10.1109/hri.2019.8673094

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“…Nowadays, there are numerous educational projects involving robotics, such as Lego Mindstorms or Lego competitions (see, for example, the works of [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]). These activities are focused on mechanical engineering projects and computer programming.…”

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Sparking the Interest of Girls in Computer Science via Chemical Experimentation and Robotics: The Qui-Bot H2O Case Study

Tarrés-Puertas

Merino

Vives-Pons

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Sensors

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We report a new learning approach in science and technology through the Qui-Bot H2O project: a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary project developed with the main objective of inclusively increasing interest in computer science engineering among children and young people, breaking stereotypes and invisible social and gender barriers. The project highlights the social aspect of robotics applied to chemistry, at early ages. We successfully tested the project activities on girls between 3 to 13 years old. After taking part in the project, the users rated their interest in science and technology to be higher than before. Data collected during experiences included background information on students, measurements of the project’s impact and students’ interest in it, and an evaluation of student satisfaction of this STEM activity. The Qui-Bot H2O project is supported by the actions of territorial public administrations towards gender equality and the contributions of humanistic and technological universities and entities which specialize in education and business.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sparking the Interest of Girls in Computer Science via Chemical Experimentation and Robotics: The Qui-Bot H2O Case Study

Tarrés-Puertas

Merino

Vives-Pons

et al. 2022

Sensors

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“…Nowadays there are numerous educational projects involving robotics, such as Lego Mindstorms or Lego competitions (see for example the works of [4,5,6]). These activities are basically focused on mechanical engineering projects, computer programming and soft skills such as teamwork.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quí-Bot-H2o Challenge: Integration of Computational Thinking With Chemical Experimentation and Robotics Through a Web-Based Platform for Early Ages Including Gender, Inclusive and Diversity Patterns

Tarrés-Puertas¹,

Merino-Millo²,

Dorado³

2021

ICERI2021 Proceedings

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Quí-Bot-H2O is a research project in teaching innovation and scientific dissemination that joins two disciplines with high potential and demand of professionals in our society: chemistry and programming. The project includes the design of a set of activities with robots to solve several chemical experiences and programming challenges adapted to the Spanish academic curriculum of early childhood education according to ORDER ECI/3960/2007. The Quí-Bot-H2O Project has been included in the gender equality lines of action of the two reference territorial public administrations for UPC in Manresa (Bages County Council and the Manresa City Council). The Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad supports the Quí-Bot-H2O challenge under Grant FECYT2021-15626, Line of action 2. Education and scientific vocations (2nd place out of 63 awarded and 150 denied).

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“…There exists a phenomenon among high school students' who perceive that STEM subjects are difficult and therefore favor other subjects [1]. To worsen the issue, the number of students enrolled in engineering disciplines is not increasing and in some cases is decreasing [2] with especially low representation from underrepresented minorities [1] and female students [3]. In response to this lack of interest in STEM majors, robotics programs have been created specifically to motivate high school students toward STEM careers.…”

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“…This increase in comfort level with STEM topics has positively impacted these same students' perception of STEM. Leveraging this common theme of practicality, several researchers have shown that ER is an effective tool to engage K-12 students [1][2][3][4]. For example, using robotics and cooperative learning, a group of college-aged students served as instructors to middle school students in a robotics program.…”

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“…All students, including female and under-represented minority groups exhibited a high level of engagement with high pre-and post-activity STEM attitude scores. In work by Barco et al [3], facilitators focused specifically on improving female participation through teaching robotics with social applications, to better align with female students agency beliefs. The experiment was conducted with participants consisting of all female high school students.…”

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The Nuts and Bolts of Robotics in K-12 Classrooms: A Literature Synthesis

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Golecki

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

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Teaching Social Robotics to Motivate Women into Engineering and Robotics Careers

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Sparking the Interest of Girls in Computer Science via Chemical Experimentation and Robotics: The Qui-Bot H2O Case Study

Sparking the Interest of Girls in Computer Science via Chemical Experimentation and Robotics: The Qui-Bot H2O Case Study

Quí-Bot-H2o Challenge: Integration of Computational Thinking With Chemical Experimentation and Robotics Through a Web-Based Platform for Early Ages Including Gender, Inclusive and Diversity Patterns

The Nuts and Bolts of Robotics in K-12 Classrooms: A Literature Synthesis

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