ERIC Number: EJ1440204
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Publication Date: 2024-Sep
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Predicting Robotics Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Role of Computational and Design Thinking Dispositions via Teaching Beliefs
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v62 n5 p1159-1181 2024
This research aimed to investigate the structural relationships among teachers' computational thinking (CT), design thinking (DT), robotics teaching beliefs, and robotics pedagogical content knowledge (RPCK). A total of 98 in-service and pre-service teachers who participated in a robotics teaching professional development workshop served as the sample of the study. A survey including the Computational Thinking Scale, the Design Thinking Disposition Scale, the Robotics Teaching Beliefs Scale and the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge-Robotics Scale was conducted after the workshop. A confirmatory factor analysis was employed to validate the measurement constructs, and Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis was utilized to examine the relationships among the factors. The results revealed that both CT and DT dispositions could positively predict teachers' robotics teaching beliefs, which subsequently predicted their RPCK. Moreover, a direct positive relationship between CT and RPCK was identified, while such a relationship was not evident for DT. The model demonstrates the critical role of CT in shaping teachers' beliefs and pedagogical strategies of robotics teaching, and provides insights into the indirect influence of DT. Finally, the Model of Robotics Teaching Professional Development (MRTPD) was proposed to profile how to promote teachers' pedagogical content knowledge of robotics teaching from their CT and DT dispositions.
Descriptors: Robotics, Computer Science Education, Factor Analysis, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Faculty Development, Design, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Rating Scales, Teacher Workshops, Technology Integration, Barriers, Foreign Countries
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan (Taipei)
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