This book 'Irreplaceable: How AI changes everything (and nothing) in teaching and learning, argues for a balanced view on AI and its application to education (mostly within the formalised schooling context).
It is authored by Maya Bialik and Peter Nilsson.
After an introduction, presenting the background and rationale for the book, there are 7 chapters an an epilogue. The chapters are organised into 3 sections:
- For the teacher - to use AI as a research assistant, a planning assistant, and as a feedback assistant.
- For the students - using AI as a learning assistant, and a doing assistant.
- For the classroom - AI can be used as an adminstrative assistant, and teaching assistant/instructional coach.
The book celebrates the skills teachers bring, but also offers solutions and ideas as to how to deploy AI to support the processes of teaching, learning and classroom administration. Teachers' wisdom is of prime importance as they are the ones who need to orchestrate how AI can be used to support teaching and learning. It is important for teachers to have high AI literacy, so that the are able to make informed decisions on teaching and learning and the use of AI. All in, the book is a good addition to the AI in education literature, written for teachers by authors with a passion for teaching.
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