<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study, within the dual context of media education and the use of educational robots, presents a preliminary investigation relating children’s imagery of robots achieved through the analysis of 44 drawings done by children in the first year of primary school. In addition to identifying a set of analytical criteria to be further investigated, the research shows (i) some sources of children’s imagery about robots, (ii) the difficulties of a specific age group to clearly distinguish between toys, robots and human beings and (iii) some possible indications for educational paths.</p></abstract>

This study, within the dual context of media education and the use of educational robots, presents a preliminary investigation relating children’s imagery of robots achieved through the analysis of 44 drawings done by children in the first year of primary school. In addition to identifying a set of analytical criteria to be further investigated, the research shows (i) some sources of children’s imagery about robots, (ii) the difficulties of a specific age group to clearly distinguish between toys, robots and human beings and (iii) some possible indications for educational paths.

Educational robots and children’s imagery: a preliminary investigation in the first year of primary school

Research on Education and Media

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This study, within the dual context of media education and the use of educational robots, presents a preliminary investigation relating children’s imagery of...

Educational robots and children’s imagery: a preliminary investigation in the first year of primary school

Published Online: Oct 10, 2017

Page range: 37 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rem-2017-0007

Keywords
media education, teaching method, child imagination, robots, toys

© 2017 Filippo Bruni et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Educational robots and children’s imagery: a preliminary investigation in the first year of primary school

Published Online: Oct 10, 2017

Page range: 37 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rem-2017-0007

Keywordsmedia education, teaching method, child imagination, robots, toys

© 2017 Filippo Bruni et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
media education, teaching method, child imagination, robots, toys