Educational Robotics as a Factor in The Development of Polytechnic Education

摘要

With wide implementation of information technologies in education, there is a transition to a new paradigm. The traditional forms, methods, means and content of education do not fit into the new paradigm and so need theoretical reconsideration. The methodological basis for the new paradigm has to be the postnonclassical methodology reiving on syncrgetic vision of the world and soft modeling ideas. The article draws attention to the main directions of the development of Polytechnic education in the information society. Project activities, technical contests and engineering creativity should come to the fore in the educational process. Modern requirements for Polytechnic education involve the training of professionals capable of designing, producing complex engineering objects ready for creative work in a team. The article also discusses the prospects for the development of educational robotics based on the designers of programmable robots. The article presents the themes of the course "Educational Robotics". The authors dwell in detail on the issue of different-level research work of students in the study of robotics and methods of organization of classes with different models of robots. The results of the experienced teaching of the course "Educational robotics" show that in the study of constructioning in this course there are gradual development of the possibilities of designing robots, their programming to perform various tasks; formulation of the study for a deeper understanding of the principles of their work; transition to a creative level in the design of their own models of robots.