Teaching robotics education with a gender focus through a robotics course with Arduino: a study case in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Abstract

In the context of W-STEM European project, a case study was applied on the teaching of educational robotics with a gender approach is presented, which is offered as a free course for schoolteachers, with participants from different countries, such as Chile and Colombia. The design of the course is focused on the interests of the female gender and following the project-based methodology, where every week classes were given virtually for a period of 2 hours. 64 students approved the course, of whom 61% were women.