Understanding Teacher Perspectives and Experiences after Deployment of AI Literacy Curriculum in Middle-school Classrooms

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04839v1
• Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 05:36:16 GMT
• Title: Understanding Teacher Perspectives and Experiences after Deployment of AI Literacy Curriculum in Middle-school Classrooms
• Authors: Prerna Ravi, Annalisa Broski, Glenda Stump, Hal Abelson, Eric Klopfer, Cynthia Breazeal
• Abstract summary: We investigate the experiences of seven teachers following their implementation of modules from the MIT RAICA curriculum. Our analysis suggests that the AI modules expanded our teachers' knowledge in the field. Our teachers advocated their need for better external support when navigating technological resources.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its associated applications are ubiquitous in today's world, making it imperative that students and their teachers understand how it works and the ramifications arising from its usage. In this study, we investigate the experiences of seven teachers following their implementation of modules from the MIT RAICA (Responsible AI for Computational Action) curriculum. Through semi-structured interviews, we investigated their instructional strategies as they engaged with the AI curriculum in their classroom, how their teaching and learning beliefs about AI evolved with the curriculum as well as how those beliefs impacted their implementation of the curriculum. Our analysis suggests that the AI modules not only expanded our teachers' knowledge in the field, but also prompted them to recognize its daily applications and their ethical and societal implications, so that they could better engage with the content they deliver to students. Teachers were able to leverage their own interdisciplinary backgrounds to creatively introduce foundational AI topics to students to maximize engagement and playful learning. Our teachers advocated their need for better external support when navigating technological resources, additional time for preparation given the novelty of the curriculum, more flexibility within curriculum timelines, and additional accommodations for students of determination. Our findings provide valuable insights for enhancing future iterations of AI literacy curricula and teacher professional development (PD) resources.

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