EDU033 – The education revolution: How AI is redefining the “what” of learning

When radios, televisions and smartphones arrived in schools, the
promise of revolution was made. But AI, explain education experts
Charles Fadel and Michael Fullan, is changing the way we think for
the first time. In an interview with Jöran Muuß-Merholz, they
expose the “cement mixer effect” (Nele Hirsch): AI is being used to
reinforce outdated educational concepts. Their counter-proposal: a
broad transfer of skills instead of early specialization that
prepares students for an unpredictable future. They provide
concrete examples from their work with school districts in North
America and argue for a change that must be driven from below
(“systemness”) as well as from above (university entrance
requirements).