CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
e-ISSN: 1309-517X
Language teachers’ perceptions and acceptance of educational robotics for classroom integration

Xiaotong Yu 1 * , María Ángeles Gutiérrez-García 1, Roberto Soto-Varela 2, Melchor Gómez-García 1

CONT ED TECHNOLOGY, Volume 17, Issue 1, Article No: ep545

https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/15637

Submitted: 24 July 2024, Published Online: 21 November 2024

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Abstract

Robotics education and robot-embedded learning have become focal points in recent interdisciplinary and innovative education. Despite the identified opportunities, there are still limitations and considerations before integrating educational robotics into foreign language education on a large scale. This survey investigates foreign language teachers’ perceptions and acceptance of teaching with educational robotics and robot-assisted language learning. To achieve this, the ERPA scale, containing five subscales measuring teachers’ technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge, and the perceived usefulness of robots, was adapted as the data collection instrument. The scale consisted of 19 items based on a 5-point Likert scale. A total of 109 foreign language teachers from Spain participated in the survey. The results suggest a positive relationship between teachers’ basic digital competence, technological knowledge of robot usage, pedagogical knowledge in foreign language teaching, and perceived usefulness of robots. Additionally, the length of service and target language positively affect acceptance. This research contributes to current educational robotics studies by identifying features of robots considered suitable for language teaching, such as animal-like embodiments instead of humanoid forms.

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