Robotics technology in deprived school contexts with Mapuche students

Abstract

This article presents the main aspects of a research whose goal was to evaluate an educational proposal using robots with teachers and Mapuche students in pre-K to 2nd grade. Every component (robots, learning materials) was designed and built during the research and used in schools of the Araucania region with highly vulnerable Mapuche students. Results show that resources of this kind have are appealed by students, and teachers are able to integrate them in their didactics. However, teachers require pedagogical training and classroom assistance in order to effectively integrate them into their praxis.