Perceptions of secondary education teachers in educational robotics as a teaching resource in the STEM approach

Educational Robotics (RE) has more and more prominence in the secondary education classrooms and also the participation in the FIRST® LEGO® League championship. Its implication involves a globalizing approach to the different areas of the curriculum that generates a high degree of motivation in the students. In this article we intend to focus on the perception of Secondary Education teachers to know the strengths and difficulties of the implementation of the ER. To this end, a group of teachers who participated in the FIRST® LEGO® League championship in the 2018-19 school year were requested to collaborate. The research provides data on the experience of these teachers and their assessments of motivation and learning in students. The results obtained allow us to conclude that the RE project is well valued by teachers and highlights its potential as a motivational element committed to the students' competence achievement.La Robótica Educativa (RE) tiene cada vez más protagonismo en las aulas de Educación Secundaria. Su implicación comporta un enfoque globalizador de las diferentes áreas del currículum. Este estudio se centra en la percepción de un grupo de docentes que participó en el campeonato FIRST® LEGO® League sobre la implementación de la RE en el curso escolar 2018-19. Se aportan datos sobre la experiencia de esos profesores y sus valoraciones sobre la motivación y aprendizaje en los alumnos. Los resultados de valoración obtenidos nos permiten corroborar la potencialidad como elemento motivacional comprometido con el logro competencial de los alumnos