Robot Ajuda! (The Robot Helps!)

Using robots, as an educational aid, with the aim of taking advantage of students’ curiosity towards the discovery and learning of basic concepts of STEM. Planning and presentation of experimental activities, by and for students, stimulating and promoting the interest in Science and self-learning. By using robots, we intend to draw young people’s attention to activities related to science, particularly, to engineering and ICT. Therefore students plan and build prototypes to solve specific problems. The students organize workshops for students and teachers in schools around the country and teach hospitalized children in the pediatric ward of the hospital. In 2017, we started a new program - ATTiTude3D.This program was developed to improve low student achievement reflected in high retention rates and consequently in early dropout. The methodology was based in three distinctive dimensions that complement each other: aTTitude Classrooms (i.e new environments with future classrooms); Robotics Education (i.e. applying the methodology of “O Robot Ajuda!”) and Mentoring. All these three dimensions combined will allow to create an innovative methodology. The guiding principle of this educational project is based in a school that guarantees equality of opportunity in access and educational success, accepts diversity and responds to the needs of all students, promoting a culture of rigor and responsibility, raising above all the quality education through three premises: educate, teach and integrate. In order to promote educational success, based on improved results, it is necessary to stimulate students and motivate their interest in learning, to make the teaching / learning process stimulating and to promote the development of skills relevant to the 21st century, particularly in the field of critical thinking, solving concrete problems, cooperation in the classes, diverse communication practices and in different formats. With the conviction that this approach will help to fight retention rates and low achievement in schools, aTTitude IPSS embraced this challenge and developed this project.

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Local implementation: Portugal, Portela - Concelho de Loures - Portugal

Ongoing from 01/09/2009 to 31/12/2025

Departamento de Informática da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Professor Doutor Luís Correia - https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/perfil/lmcorreia) Escola do serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Santa Maria(Professoras Sara Costa e Diana Pita . - https://www.facebook.com/escolaSPHSM/) aTTitude 3D – Robótica Educativa: Educar, ensinar e Integrar (Bibi Satar - aTTitude IPSS)

      * E-science

• Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Project
• Training initiative
• New learning methods