1st Edition
Learning for the Age of Artificial Intelligence Eight Education Competences
Learning for the Age of Artificial Intelligence is a richly informed argument for curricular change to educate people towards achievement and success as intelligent machine systems proliferate. Describing eight key competences, this comprehensive volume prepares educational leaders, designers, researchers, and policymakers to effectively rethink the knowledge, skills, and environments that students need to thrive and avoid displacement in today’s technology-enhanced culture and workforce. Essential insights into school operations, machine learning, complex training and assessment, and economic challenges round out this cogent, relatable discussion about the imminent evolution of the education sector.
1. Overview
2. Human Life in the Age of Smart Machines
3. Competence Needed to Work in the Age of Smart Machines
4. Public Schools Today and What Is Missing
Introduction
Goals of Education in the Past
Goals for Education in the Future
5. Schooling: Curriculum and How It Should Change
Transition: Living in Two School Worlds at Once
The Ability to Learn Efficiently and Quickly
Socioemotional Skills
Skills of Civic Participation
Ability to Evaluate Information
Facility in Collaborative Activity
Management of Personal Finances
Confidence
Physical and Mental Fitness
6. Where Can Children Learn All This?
The Importance of Redundancy
7. Some Personal Reflections
8. How Do Schools Evolve?
Dealing with the History of American Education
Schooling in the Age of Smart Machines
9. Apprenticeships and Similar Experiences
Traditional Apprenticeships
Porous Career Paths
Learning the Eight Competences In and Out of School
Deepening the Subject-Matter Curriculum
An Example of In-School Focus on the Eight Competences
Out-of-School Opportunities for Every Child
10. Creating a "Third Place"
11. A Few Possible Ways to Address the Eight Competences
Stories
Informal Apprenticeships
Scaffolded Real Tasks
Scaffolded Simulated Tasks
Games
Clubs and Sports
Governance Structures
12. Learning to Teach the Eight Competences
Teachers
Parents, Political Leaders, and Business Leaders
"Third Places"
13. Assessing Learning of the Eight Competences
The Tyranny of Assessments
Tests That Do Good without Causing Problems
Stealth Assessment
Structured Social Moderation and the Use of Rubrics
Simulation-Based Assessment
A Choice: Continuous Improvement for All Children or Strong Public Control
Transparency
14. Concluding Observations
Preserving Democracy
The Value of Redundancy
The Role of Charters
Lifelong learning
Needed Data Systems
Investing in Learning Opportunities
It Is Time to Act
Other Countries Are Pursuing These Goals
A Possible Path toward a Transformed Educational System
We Are a Society that Can Do Hard Things
Biography
Alan M. Lesgold is Renée and Richard Goldman Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Education, Psychology, and Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
"If you care about more deeply understanding what it will take to design educational systems that prepare the next generations for a rapidly changing world—especially the ways in which smart machines will influence our careers, work, and life—this book is a must-read." — Rich Milner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair of Education, Professor of Education, Vanderbilt University, USA
"This is an essential book for those who are exploring the impact of artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies on education, the workforce, and life. Alan Lesgold recommends the development of eight competencies in school, home, and ‘third places’ to help us adapt to our rapidly changing world. As a leader in the evolution of cognitive science and intelligent tutoring systems, he is the ideal person to write this book." — Art Graesser, Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis, USA
"Alan Lesgold’s ‘voice’ is a pleasure to read, as he makes complex ideas eminently readable. After having spent his whole career in the world of educational research and application, his observations and use of research are interesting and informative." — Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, School of Education and Departments of Psychology and Linguistics and Cognitive Science, University of Delaware, USA
