Humanoid educational service robots in primary classrooms: design-based strategies for pre-implementation planning

This study explores the potential use of humanoid robots in primary schools. Classroom settings are complex, and future use of educational service robots will need to take this into account. This thesis makes timely suggestions about planning to use robots in education, in particular by engaging teachers in pre-implementation design. Based on teachers' input, a learning activity was developed for the purpose of evaluating a humanoid robot's capacity to enhance primary school students’ computational practice. The study contributes to the field of education technology implementation by demonstrating how curricular and pedagogical implications can be extrapolated early in the design process.