Education in the Age of AI - The Challenge of Thinking Differently

While the AI hype bubble might have well and truly burst, a diverse array of artificial intelligence technologies continues to be deployed across all sectors of education, from kindergartens to universities and beyond. Sixty years since the development of the first 'computer tutors', AI has become an accepted part of education with various AI solutions being developed to support learning, teaching and how education is organized and governed. In this book, Neil Selwyn argues that many of these efforts are fundamentally flawed – hampered by reductive 'AI-first' approaches that disregard the complex social nature of education. Instead, Education in the Age of AI calls for a complete rethink – setting out an 'education-first' approach to making the most of this new technology in ways that defend rather than diminish the idea of education for the public good. This book is essential reading for students and scholars across the social sciences, and anyone involved in the education and technology industries.