The changing scenario in education has materialized with the accelerated
advance in the use of technological resources in schools. Several methodologies with
different approaches that help teaching and learning in the classroom have been
increasingly studied, such as the use of Educational Robotics (ER) and the use of
microcontrollers. Given the scenario described, the guiding question of this research
is based on: How ER can generate improvements in the teaching-learning of students
through PBL and the STEAM methodology? Therefore, this work presents results from
the use of an educational technological tool through the BBC Micro: bit platform, aiming
to provide students with a way to engage, motivate and promote thinking and computer
literacy. Project-Based Learning (PBL) and the STEAM methodology (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) were used in this research. Based on the
projects developed using Micro: bit, a short course was applied to students in the first
year of the Technician course in Informatics – high school – at the School of Technical
Education of the State of Pará “Dr. Celso Malcher”. During the short course, the
preliminary version of the educational product resulting from this research was used,
which consists of a book in digital format based on the foundations of the Brazilian
Educational Curriculum, and containing the proposed activities and directing links
(websites, QR code) to the complementary videos referring to each activity. This
research is of a qualitative case study type. Data were obtained through the students'
answers collected in questionnaires before and after the application of the short
course, in addition to the records in the researcher teacher's logbook. The results
obtained were analyzed descriptively in the light of the theoretical framework relevant
to the topic. With that, from the analyzed results, it was observed that the Micro: bit
can be used as an educational tool to teach the contents seen in the classroom, mainly
when using the PBL and the STEAM methodology in an integrated way. Students were
able to develop projects with the platform, constituting an educational tool that
stimulates and motivates creativity, which can contribute to the insertion of thinking
and computer literacy, as well as to streamline learning. Therefore, it is observed that
research in ER, through the use of BBC Micro: bit, presents an important contribution
to studies on digital educational tools aimed at teaching and learning students.
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