TEACHING MATHEMATICS WITH THE SUPPORT OF ROBOTICS: THE OPINION OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

This study aims to analyze the opinion of future Primary Education teachers on the use of robotics in mathematics. For this purpose, a qualitative analysis was carried out taking into account the opinion of 59 students in the third year of the Degree in Primary Education at the University of Extremadura, chosen by convenience. After having participated in several work sessions with the WeDo 2.0 robot, they were asked to answer a questionnaire with open-ended questions about the influence of the use of robotics in mathematics education. Subsequently, these answers were entered into the WebQDA software, coded and categorized taking into account four dimensions; integration of robotics in the primary education curriculum, usefulness-benefit of robotics within the area of mathematics, implications for teaching-learning and obstacles-inconveniences that it may present. The results of the study show that, for most future teachers, the use of educational robotics generates numerous benefits and is useful in the area of mathematics, giving pupils numerous possibilities and generating different types of emotions.