Intelligent Educational Robots in Early Childhood Education: Building the Future
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Hızır Dinler
Abstract
This chapter explores the transformative potential of intelligent educational robots (IERs) in early childhood education, focusing on their ability to foster creativity, personalize learning, and promote inclusivity. It provides a comprehensive list and classification of commercially available IERs, emphasizing their diverse functionality and age appropriateness. The authors highlight the importance of integrating IERs to promote a holistic and inclusive learning experience. This includes incorporating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and maker culture into the curriculum using IER capabilities for personalized learning, and ensuring equal opportunities for children with diverse learning needs, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds or with learning disabilities. The chapter acknowledges potential challenges, including equitable access to resources and the need for sophisticated software development to meet diverse learning needs. It advocates for a balanced approach that integrates technology while maintaining a connection to reality, and fostering meaningful, impactful learning experiences. Ultimately, the chapter envisions a future where IERs are instrumental in transforming early childhood education and providing children with equitable access to quality education.
Abstract
This chapter explores the transformative potential of intelligent educational robots (IERs) in early childhood education, focusing on their ability to foster creativity, personalize learning, and promote inclusivity. It provides a comprehensive list and classification of commercially available IERs, emphasizing their diverse functionality and age appropriateness. The authors highlight the importance of integrating IERs to promote a holistic and inclusive learning experience. This includes incorporating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and maker culture into the curriculum using IER capabilities for personalized learning, and ensuring equal opportunities for children with diverse learning needs, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds or with learning disabilities. The chapter acknowledges potential challenges, including equitable access to resources and the need for sophisticated software development to meet diverse learning needs. It advocates for a balanced approach that integrates technology while maintaining a connection to reality, and fostering meaningful, impactful learning experiences. Ultimately, the chapter envisions a future where IERs are instrumental in transforming early childhood education and providing children with equitable access to quality education.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- Maker education and educational robotics in the age of artificial intelligence 1
- Making to engineering: toward a personalized engineering robotics playground 9
- Maker movement and educational robotics in Brazil: from legislation to emerging practices in the school environment 45
- Robotics and computational language in the school setting: a review of research 59
- The use of psychological measurements in research on educational robotics 85
- Promoting social communication skills in autism spectrum disorder through robotics and virtual worlds 95
- Robots for autism-specific education: opportunities and barriers to the use of technical devices 119
- Proposal for intervention with intelligent educational robots in primary education students after the analysis of their pedagogical possibilities 131
- New realities in the education field? Keys to understanding the role of intelligent educational robots 149
- Intelligent Educational Robots in Early Childhood Education: Building the Future 169
- Interactivity of smart educational robots 199
- Exploring the use of chatbots in English language learning among higher education students in Israel 213
- Model of a teacher from the standpoint of ethics in education using artificial intelligence 233
- The AI-enhanced DIY robotic car: introducing the five big ideas of AI 245
- List of contributors 263
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- Maker education and educational robotics in the age of artificial intelligence 1
- Making to engineering: toward a personalized engineering robotics playground 9
- Maker movement and educational robotics in Brazil: from legislation to emerging practices in the school environment 45
- Robotics and computational language in the school setting: a review of research 59
- The use of psychological measurements in research on educational robotics 85
- Promoting social communication skills in autism spectrum disorder through robotics and virtual worlds 95
- Robots for autism-specific education: opportunities and barriers to the use of technical devices 119
- Proposal for intervention with intelligent educational robots in primary education students after the analysis of their pedagogical possibilities 131
- New realities in the education field? Keys to understanding the role of intelligent educational robots 149
- Intelligent Educational Robots in Early Childhood Education: Building the Future 169
- Interactivity of smart educational robots 199
- Exploring the use of chatbots in English language learning among higher education students in Israel 213
- Model of a teacher from the standpoint of ethics in education using artificial intelligence 233
- The AI-enhanced DIY robotic car: introducing the five big ideas of AI 245
- List of contributors 263
