Hands Off: Mentoring a Student-Led Robotics Team
| Autor: | Claire Mitchell, Nathan Dolenc, Robert H. Tai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Science instruction
Medical education Teamwork Coping (psychology) business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education Robotics Education ComputingMilieux_GENERAL 0502 economics and business Pedagogy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Robot Artificial intelligence Psychology business 0503 education 050203 business & management Working environment Qualitative research media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Science Education, Part B. 6:188-212 |
| ISSN: | 2154-8463 2154-8455 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21548455.2015.1039467 |
| Popis: | Mentors play important roles in determining the working environment of out-of-school-time clubs. On robotics teams, they provide guidance in hopes that their proteges progress through an engineering process. This study examined how mentors on one robotics team who defined their mentoring style as ‘let the students do the work’ navigated the challenges of a ‘build season’ and participation in regional competitions. What were some of the challenges faced by mentors and students? How did they cope when students played the largest role in team and design decisions? The mentor–student interactions captured in the research showed mentors playing supporting roles while students took command of all aspects of building the robot. The students on the team found themselves self-directing, learning, and gaining confidence by doing, and having fun with like-minded peers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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