A Systematic Review on Continuing Education of Teachers for Educational Robotics

This review paper covers most recent works on continuous formation of teachers for Educational Robotics. Our approach uses a systematic review methodology with a search for manuscripts related to teachers training and robotics in education keywords in order to select a set of papers that are strictly related to the topic. These papers are further analyzed in relation to several aspects besides teacher continuing education. We observe that project continuity is one of these aspects that is present in about half of the works. Nowadays, a growing on the pedagogical use of robotics is also observed in the education system of several countries. The works that are based on public policies supported by institutions at local or national levels turn out to be the ones that have more continuity as an effective training proposal. Further, from the observed projects, those that have implemented more consolidated educational practices for Educational Robotics are the ones that have a longer-term existence. Finally, our findings indicate that a focus on the use of robotics as a tool for trans-disciplinary contents is fast growing, overall. Roboticists allied with Educators play an important role in the process, as they are developing methodologies that allied with cutting edge techniques and materials are turning educational robotics into a very useful resource for enhancing the learning-teaching process.