Engaging Teachers to Co-Design Integrated AI Curriculum for K-12 Classrooms
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Author(s)
Lin, Phoebe
Van Brummelen, Jessica
Date Issued
May 7, 2021
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Citation
Phoebe Lin and Jessica Van Brummelen. 2021. Engaging Teachers to Co-Design Integrated AI Curriculum for K-12 Classrooms. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 239, 1–12.
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Final published version
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence (AI) education is an increasingly popular topic area for K-12 teachers. However, little research has investigated how AI curriculum and tools can be designed to be more accessible to all teachers and learners. In this study, we take a Value-Sensitive Design approach to understanding the role of teacher values in the design of AI curriculum and tools, and identifying opportunities to integrate AI into core curriculum to leverage learners’ interests. We organized co-design workshops with 15 K-12 teachers, where teachers and researchers co-created lesson plans using AI tools and embedding AI concepts into various core subjects. We found that K-12 teachers need additional scaffolding in AI tools and curriculum to facilitate ethics and data discussions, and value supports for learner evaluation and engagement, peer-to-peer collaboration, and critical reflection. We present an exemplar lesson plan that shows entry points for teaching AI in non-computing subjects and reflect on co-designing with K-12 teachers in a remote setting.
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CHI ’21, May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445377
