Development of an Introduction to Robotics Course for 9th-grade Students of Public Schools Using the Flipped Classroom Methodology

• Gabriel Sebastião Do Nascimento Neto UFRN
• Matheus André Da Paz Silva UFRN
• Leonardo Rodrigues De Lima Teixeira EAJ / UFRN http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7879-9540
• Cláudia Juliette Do Nascimento Araújo Maia IF SertãoPE
• Eduarda Rodrigues Chiesa UFRN
• Caio Henrique Jardelino Lima EAJ / UFRN

Abstract

This work is an initiative that aims to attract students from the countryside of the state of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) areas, focusing on cities with a low Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) and seeking to reduce school evasion in addition to encouraging an education based on the teaching of robotics. To this end, the most diverse resources available were used, from active teaching methodologies to geek culture references, such as series, movies, and Japanese animations that attract and fascinate the younger audience. In this paper, the entire process of creation and application of an introductory robotics course to 9th-grade students of the public school system is detailed. Furthermore, results obtained from the enrollment and course evaluation questionnaires will be presented, as well as the difficulties faced in the process.

Keywords: Electronic learning, Education, Urban areas, Motion pictures, Online services, Indexes, Frequency synchronization, educational robotics, flipped classroom, introduction to robotics