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Social robotics, education, and religion in the islamic world: an iranian perspective

Alemi, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2020

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s11948-020-00225-1
  3. Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media B.V , 2020
  4. Abstract:
  5. The social impact of robotics applied to domains such as education, religion, nursing, and therapy across the world depends on the level of technology as well as the culture in which it is used. By studying how robots are used in Iran, a technologically-savvy country with a long history and a rich culture, we explore their possible impact on interrelated areas of religious and ethical features in education in an Islamic society. To accomplish this task, a preliminary exploratory study was conducted using two social robots as teaching assistants in Islamic religion classes for 42 elementary students. More than 90% of the participants in the study absolutely preferred the robot-assisted religion class over one taught by a human. Building on the results from the students’ viewpoints and exam scores, the acceptability and potential of using social robots in the education of Islamic religious concepts in Iran are further discussed in this paper. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V
  6. Keywords:
  7. Ethics ; Human–robot interaction ; Iran ; Islam ; Religion ; Robots ; Social robotics ; Technology ; Clinical article ; Education ; Elementary student ; Exploratory research ; Female ; Human ; Human experiment ; Male ; Nursing ; Robotics ; Teaching assistant
  8. Source: Science and Engineering Ethics ; Volume 26, Issue 5 , 2020 , Pages 2709-2734
  9. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-020-00225-1