Exploring the equipment and teaching of robot education

As an important driving force leading a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform , The progress of artificial intelligence technology has brought new opportunities to the development of Education . In order to meet the needs of the future scientific and Technological Society for technical talents , Countries all over the world pay more and more attention to science and Technology Education , Robot education 、 Programming education 、 Maker Education 、STEM Education has gradually swept the world . Robot education refers to the teaching and learning activities carried out with robots as the main teaching content or teaching tools , These activities are gradually completed in the process of specific practice . Robot education involves computers 、 mathematics 、 Physics 、 Electronics 、 mechanical 、 signal communication 、 Sensor technology 、 Automation technology, software programming and other technical fields , Students are mastering basic technical knowledge 、 Based on program construction , Closely linked to the reality of life , Innovative design through computer and network platform , Explore the organizational structure and practical application of robots , So as to cultivate their own innovation literacy 、 Knowledge and skills 、 Thinking and methods, etc . Taken together , Robot education is interesting 、 Innovation and operability .
The development of robot education in China , In less than twenty years , But under the guidance of national policies , The development is booming , Various carnivals 、 competition 、 Exhibition 、 There is an endless stream of discussions and other activities , Various off campus training institutions 、 Interest classes and associations in the school appear one after another , Robot education has been incorporated into the school curriculum system in economically developed areas .

Various forms of small classes ： Interest class , An association , Group form , Fewer participants . This may be due to the limitation of school equipment or venue , Students can only participate in a small number of activities at a time . Into the school-based curriculum ： Combined with school information technology curriculum 、 Combination of general technology course or comprehensive practice course , The whole class participates in , High popularity . This requires the school to have enough equipment and corresponding venues .
Competition class ： Specialize in competition , Select students to conduct special training and counseling for the competition items . Some are ready to form teams 、 Please ask the coach to wait . Extracurricular studies 、 In class competition （ Entrusted training ）： Students study robots in off campus training institutions , Just team up in the name of the school . There are even off campus training institutions that directly undertake the robot training of the school , Contract competition .
According to the textbook, follow the trend , Training institutions often use complete sets of course materials . Targeted counseling based on the competition , Time is tight and you can teach whatever you need . Yes “ Task driven ” Mode , From the design of the task 、 Lead the learning of knowledge 、 The completion of the task 、 Continue to expand , All around a task .
Equipment from different manufacturers , Teaching resources vary in number , From the perspective of tutor teaching , Teachers still hope to have ready-made and usable teaching materials , This is convenient for organizing classes , Not afraid, nothing to teach . For competent teachers , According to the hardware at hand , Sort out the corresponding data , Compiling school-based teaching materials , More in line with the teaching practice of the school .
Basically, most of the students in the graduating class do not participate or participate less , Most of the students who can actively participate are those who have spare capacity to learn , If learning is poor , It is estimated that there is not much parental support , Of course , I don't rule out one case .
Because of the teaching progress , For example, which student delays the course , Or even if the teaching progress is the same , But students have different acceptance levels , It will lead to obvious differences in the level of students in a group or class . Students in the group need to help each other , Overall improvement .
How about a school robot activity , It has a lot to do with the understanding of school leaders , Because it is related to the investment of funds 、 The allocation of teachers 、 Time allocation, etc . Of course , After the teacher's hard work , Won honor for the school , On the contrary, it will promote school leaders' attention and concern for robot education , And then increase investment and support , that , The work of tutors is easier to carry out .
For parents , What is really considered from the perspective of promoting the all-round development of students is part of , The other part focuses on the enrollment policy “ Bonus points ”“ First admission ” As well as preferential policies such as independent enrollment in the college entrance examination , Are very practical , So in the sixth grade of primary school 、 grade 、 Senior three and other important grades , Generally, parents focus on letting students learn culture classes , Few parents can let go and support students to play robots again .
When students in other provinces and cities are already trying to design and assemble their own robot works with electric soldering iron , Our students may have just come into contact with building block robots , Even some remote schools have not seen educational robots . Schools carrying out robot education , Also because of the investment of school funds 、 Teachers allocation and other reasons , There is a clear gap . in addition , Source of students 、 There are also differences in the basis of students' learning , Some schools have offered robot courses since primary school , When you go to middle school, you will naturally have the advantage of students .
In today's world , Innovation has become the core driving force to promote economic and social development , With the country's increasing emphasis on innovation and its effectiveness , There will be more and more students 、 Teachers participate in robot education , Our official educational institution , Will also organize exhibitions 、 Competitions and other activities , Further promote the popularization of robot education , As a good platform and carrier of innovative education, robot education , These are inevitable trends .
Robot education is not just learning mechanical engineering 、 Information science and other knowledge , It is also an activity focusing on participation and experience , It is a cognition 、 analysis 、 create 、 The process of cooperation and experience .
Improve students' innovative ability 、 Self study ability . Robots involve a wide range of knowledge , Through learning and making , Students can expand their knowledge , Understand the frontier of scientific and technological development at home and abroad , Will also be exposed to a lot of new things , Make them interested in science and Technology , Greatly stimulate their interest in learning innovation . In the whole learning process , Students are direct participants , Teachers are just promoters who provide basic knowledge and information . From the formulation of the scheme of the design subject to the implementation of the scheme , The whole process is completed by students independently , This can stimulate students' interest in learning and desire for knowledge , Turn their learning from passive to active , So as to cultivate their innovative spirit .
The learning environment of robot is not limited by the traditional teaching mode , Emphasize autonomy and openness , Fully respect the dominant position of students , Try to satisfy students' desire for performance , This is extremely important for creating an innovative atmosphere . Students in a relaxed atmosphere , It is possible to generate creative inspiration from some ordinary things , To be original , Ability to innovate . and , In robot activities , Complete the same task , There can be different designs , Different materials can be used , You can build different cars , You can design different programs , This is also conducive to cultivating students' innovative consciousness .
Robot education , Compared with other disciplines , It has no unified teaching materials , There is no unified teaching model , It's like a piece of white paper , Students can write at will , It gives full play to the students' imagination . Students can assemble robots in various ways , Can be assembled into any shape , You can write programs through different algorithms , Robot education changes students' learning from “ absorption —— Store —— playback ” Turn into “ Explore —— Research —— create ”, Let students feel 、 To understand 、 To explore , It has greatly improved students' innovative ability .
Learning robot knowledge , If you only stay in those knowledge points taught by teachers , That's not going to work , Team up for the game , Or in the creation of works , Students need to keep from their teammates 、 From information books 、 Independently and actively acquire knowledge from the network platform , In the process of solving problems , Improve self-study ability .
in summary , Robots make plane space 、 Mechanical transmission 、 Electro pneumatic , Various sensors 、 Program control and other things become objects that students can control , In the design 、 In the process of building the robot , Students do it themselves , Whether it's building block splicing , Or metal 、 More complex robot structure design , Or use various processing tools , The whole process requires students to try 、 To practice , therefore , A very important feature of robot education is that it is practical ,“ Learning by doing ” Good 、“ Play middle school ” Good , They all pay attention to cultivating and training students' practical ability .