Robotics in STEM Education (eBook)

Dr. Myint Swe Khine is a Professor and Chair of Assessment and Evaluation Centre, Emirates College for Advanced Education, United Arab Emirates and Adjunct Professor at the Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He obtained Master degrees from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, and Doctor of Science Education from Curtin University, Australia. Before joining ECAE, he worked at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has published widely and edited books on science education. Recent book Science Education in East Asia:  Pedagogical Innovations and Research-informed Practices is published by Springer in 2015.

Bringing Robotics in Classrooms, Amy Eguchi.- Meeting 21st Century Robotics and Automation Workforce Needs, Alex Sergeyev.- The Open Academic Robot Kit, Raymond Sheh.- Robotics Festival and Competitions Designed for STEM+C Education, ChanJin Chung, Christopher Cartwright, and Joe DeRose.- Systems Thinking Approach to Robotics Curriculum in Schools, Christina Chalmers.- How have Robots supported STEM Teaching? Fabiane Barreto, Vavassori Benitti, Newton Spolaôr.- Combating the War Against Machines through an Innovative, Hands-on Approach to Coding, Jacqui Chetty.- The Impact of Learning through Educational Robotics inK-8 School Subjects, Park Jungho.- Dancing, Drawing, and Dramatic Robots:  Integrating Robotics and the Arts to Teach Foundational STEAM Concepts  to Young Children, Amanda Sullivan, Amanda Strawhacker, Marina Umaschi Bers.-STEM Education by Exploring Robotics, Francis Tuluri.- Robotics as Educational Tool: Enhancing STEM Education, Myint Swe Khine.