Inspiring science and technology through LEGO
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Channel: SABC News · 2016 · News & Politics
Unisa senior lecturer and I-SET coordinator Patricia Gouws believes that every school should have a robotics team in order for there to be more graduates in the science, technology, education and maths (STEM) disciplines in higher education. Gouws was leading a Lego robotics workshop at the ninth SA Innovation Summit that has been taking place this week in Boksburg, Ekhuruleni. The aim of the workshop is to spread awareness about science and technology to young children. “If you teach a learner the STEM subjects through a textbook, they only get the theoretical component,” says I-SET training and relations officer Kabelo Peeha, “With robotics it’s practical and hands-on.” The I-SET programme has had major successes in the past with two teams from the program making it to international competitions. Earlier this year a team comprised of learners from Pretoria Boys High, Pretoria High School for Girls, and Glenstantia Primary won third place for teamwork at the first LEGO League Open European Championship in Tenerife, Spain. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
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