Briefing report No. 4
by the European Digital Education Hub’s squad on artificial intelligence in education Authors: Cristina Obae, Jessica Niewint-Gori, Francisco Bellas, Oksana Pasichnyk, Gordana Janakievska, Anne Gilleran, Yann-Aël Le Borgne, Riina Vuorikari, Madhumalti Sharma and Lidija Kralj
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Artificial intelligence education is a highly active field, with new resources and tools arising continuously. In previous briefing reports, you may have read about teaching for, with, and about AI, supporting teachers, and identifying the necessary competences for them to become fluent in emerging technologies. With all these dynamic changes, this briefing report aims to highlight the importance of integrating AI literacy into both existing and new curricula. Our focus will be on providing valuable ideas and concrete examples for effectively incorporating AI education.
This is why the current document proposes some examples of different countries’ approaches on education about AI. As you will see below, some countries have chosen to develop new curricula, while others integrated AI into their existing ones.
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Belgium
Although AI competences are briefly mentioned in the new curricula, there is little detail provided regarding what should be taught to students. A few Belgian organisations, mostly from the non-formal education sector, are starting to implement drafts of AI curricula aimed at primary and secondary schools.
Ireland
Using the Digital Strategy document as a basis, some curriculum work has been done in the past year to develop pupils’ understanding of AI.
Italy
Civic education was introduced for all school grades in 2020/2021 and the lesson time could be used to teach transdisciplinary topics like in this case AI skills, focusing on ethical, societal and political aspects of AI.
Spain
The new education law in Spain includes contents of AI at different levels, from primary school to high school, mainly related to technology subjects.
Ukraine
A working group comprising school and university teachers, along with IT professionals, was able to suggest AI-oriented content that could be covered in approximately 10 hours of class time. The content is designed to provide a general introduction to the topic of AI, rather than focusing on specific technologies or in-depth understanding.
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Briefing report ends with Recommendations by the Squad
- To ensure a comprehensive and unbiased approach to learning, it is essential that AI curricula are not tied to specific technologies or brands.
- With the aim of facilitating the development of the European Education Area, it would be beneficial if Member States shared good practice examples, thereby ensuring that students entering tertiary education possess comparable levels of competence about AI.
- Integrating AI into curricula requires both resource development and teacher training.
- The evidence-based approach would enhance the content and effectiveness of AI curriculum.
- Education about AI is needed, but freely embracing education with AI needs to be done with some caution.
- Kako bi se osigurao sveobuhvatan i nepristran pristup učenju, bitno je da kurikulumi o umjetnoj inteligenciji nisu vezani za određene tehnologije ili tvrtke.
- S ciljem olakšavanja razvoja Europskog obrazovnog prostora, bilo bi korisno kada bi države članice razmjenjivale primjere dobre prakse, čime bi se osiguralo da učenici koji ulaze u tercijarno obrazovanje posjeduju usporedive razine kompetencija o umjetnoj inteligenciji.
- Integracija poučavanja o UI u kurikulume zahtijeva razvoj resursa i edukaciju učitelja.
- Pristup temeljen na dokazima poboljšao bi sadržaj i učinkovitost kurikuluma o umjetnoj inteligenciji.
- Obrazovanje o umjetnoj inteligenciji je potrebno, ali ga je potrebno oprezno pripremiti i primijeniti.
