Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers
This paper presents the design of an integrated STEM education teaching–learning sequence (TLS) for secondary education and the adaptation of this design for the training of future science teachers, as well as the implementation and evaluation during the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 in the...
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| author | Ane Portillo-Blanco Kristina Zuza Elvira Gutierrez-Jimenez Jenaro Guisasola José Gutierrez-Berraondo |
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| description | This paper presents the design of an integrated STEM education teaching–learning sequence (TLS) for secondary education and the adaptation of this design for the training of future science teachers, as well as the implementation and evaluation during the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 in the master’s degree in secondary teacher training. This is an integrated STEM education project that seeks to design the prototype of an autonomous car using the mBot robot as a base. Thus, it allows for the integration of physics kinematics with robotics programming guided by an engineering design. This study was carried out with 43 pre-service teachers, and the impact on both content and procedural knowledge and attitudes was analyzed. The results show an increase in knowledge; reflect the usefulness of the tools used to work on design, evaluation, and optimization procedures; and, finally, a change in the students’ emotions towards a more positive perception of the disciplines involved and the subject to be dealt with in the project. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-99365c6299bf4717bf10d8daf92c13fe2025-08-20T02:17:14ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022025-03-0115440610.3390/educsci15040406Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary TeachersAne Portillo-Blanco0Kristina Zuza1Elvira Gutierrez-Jimenez2Jenaro Guisasola3José Gutierrez-Berraondo4Department of Applied Physics, Gipuzkoa Engineering Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20018 Donostia, SpainDepartment of Applied Physics, Gipuzkoa Engineering Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20018 Donostia, SpainDepartment of Applied Physics, Bilbao Engineering Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48013 Bilbao, SpainSchool of Dual Engineering, Machine Tool Institute (IMH), 20870 Elgoibar, SpainSchool of Dual Engineering, Machine Tool Institute (IMH), 20870 Elgoibar, SpainThis paper presents the design of an integrated STEM education teaching–learning sequence (TLS) for secondary education and the adaptation of this design for the training of future science teachers, as well as the implementation and evaluation during the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 in the master’s degree in secondary teacher training. This is an integrated STEM education project that seeks to design the prototype of an autonomous car using the mBot robot as a base. Thus, it allows for the integration of physics kinematics with robotics programming guided by an engineering design. This study was carried out with 43 pre-service teachers, and the impact on both content and procedural knowledge and attitudes was analyzed. The results show an increase in knowledge; reflect the usefulness of the tools used to work on design, evaluation, and optimization procedures; and, finally, a change in the students’ emotions towards a more positive perception of the disciplines involved and the subject to be dealt with in the project.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/4/406integrated STEM educationpre-service teachersteacher trainingteaching–learning sequence |
| spellingShingle | Ane Portillo-Blanco Kristina Zuza Elvira Gutierrez-Jimenez Jenaro Guisasola José Gutierrez-Berraondo Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers Education Sciences integrated STEM education pre-service teachers teacher training teaching–learning sequence |
| title | Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers |
| title_full | Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers |
| title_fullStr | Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers |
| title_short | Building an Autonomous Car: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Integrated STEM Teaching–Learning Sequence for Pre-Service Secondary Teachers |
| title_sort | building an autonomous car designing implementing and evaluating an integrated stem teaching learning sequence for pre service secondary teachers |
| topic | integrated STEM education pre-service teachers teacher training teaching–learning sequence |
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