Educational Technology

January 6, 2018

Can robotics teach problem-solving skills to students

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:41 am

by Matthew Lynch, Tech Advocate

Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential to success at university and in later life. However, the traditional classroom model has done a poor job of imparting these skills to students. The way children have learned in the classroom for generations has focused on lectures and worksheets. Past generations would depend on group sports, clubs and teenage jobs to impart these vital skills onto students. However, new ideas suggest that robotics may hold the key to teaching problem-solving skills to students. Using robots to teach real-world skills may be a strange concept, but is it worth exploring? We think so and here’s why.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/can-robotics-teach-problem-solving-students/

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