The aim of this study was to reveal pre-service teachers’ experiences in learning robotics design and programming. Data were collected from 15 pre-service teachers through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the content analysis method. Three themes were identified in this study: Course process, professional development and teaching children. The pre-service teachers indicated that they found opportunities to learn by doing and experience, enjoyed doing robotics activities and felt in flow in this process. They also expressed that the robotics programming course positively influenced their attitudes towards programming and improved their programming skills. They emphasized the importance of keeping their intrinsic motivation high by maintaining their individual efforts to solve problems. Moreover, they made various suggestions for teaching robotics to children. Implications are discussed in terms of practices for educational robotics in teacher training, and further research directions.

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职前教师学习机器人设计和编程的经验

这项研究的目的是揭示职前教师学习机器人设计和编程的经验。通过半结构化访谈从15名职前教师中收集数据，并使用内容分析方法进行分析。这项研究确定了三个主题：课程过程，专业发展和教孩子。职前教师表示，他们发现了边做边学的经验和学习的机会，喜欢进行机器人活动，并在此过程中感觉到了变化。他们还表示，机器人编程课程对他们对编程的态度产生了积极影响，并提高了他们的编程技能。他们强调保持个人内在动力以解决问题的重要性。此外，他们提出了各种向儿童教授机器人技术的建议。在教师培训中的教育机器人技术实践以及进一步的研究方向方面讨论了含义。