A robótica educacional e o ensino de ciências: uma análise bibliométrica.

Abstract

New pedagogical approaches have emerged frequently due to the new demands of today's society. In this sense, Educational Robotics has emerged as an innovative tool to work on curricular and extracurricular content, under a dynamic, reflective and collaborative principle. Thus, this study sought to map and analyze the scientific productions that relate Educational Robotics to science teaching, understand the national trend of publications in this field of research, and identify the bibliometric variables involved, through a bibliometric analysis covering studies generated between 2019 and May 2023. The data were extracted by Publish or Perish software and analyzed based on the bibliometric networks originated by VOSviewer. The results obtained showed a decline in the number of publications processed within the proposed theme and the time period studied, indicating the need for expansion. Furthermore, they provided the identification of the relevance and connections between the keywords. In relation to the authors and their respective journals, a superficial, fragmented and generally isolated configuration was observed due to the singularity of the publications presented. Finally, based on the aforementioned gaps and the subsidies generated, Educational Robotics associated with Science teaching is characterized as a promising area for further research.