Development and Practice of the Rotating Duty System in Robot Contest Study

AbstractIn this study, the authors employ the topic of “Rotating Duty System” with the goal of developing collaborative learning in robot contest study, and examine how the system enhances language activities in technology education in Japan. This system is a learning system where a project is jointly carried out by a group, the group representative changes depending on the meeting content and each member of the group is given responsibility. In addition, this system intentionally and systematically incorporates “language activities” such as discussion or summarizing in text, etc. Reviewing students' reports and scrutinizing outcomes of the practical education, we concluded that this system is noticeable effect from the perspective of discussion as well as the effect of allowing students to understand their role and take responsibility. Furthermore, comparing it with basic theory of pedagogy, we inferred that this system can be applied to all technology education in activities where a project is carried out collaboratively as well as robot contest study.