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AI Literacy Education in Primary Schools

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Based on the literature review in Chap. 5, we learn that even children as young as 4 years old have already grown up with AI. In our rapidly transforming digital world, equipping young learners with AI knowledge and skills will help ensure their employability and learning potential in their future. Moreover, AI is already present in their everyday life such as video games, AI toys, virtual assistants, and smart devices (e.g., Google Assistant, robotics dogs, Alexa devices). Teaching AI was not possible in the past; however, with age-appropriate curriculum and tools, primary students can now know and understand the working principles behind AI, use AI for learning purposes, and apply their knowledge to create artifacts to solve authentic problems. As such, there is a need to investigate the pedagogy, learning content, tools, and assessment methods involved to develop young learners’ AI literacy.

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    Davy Tsz Kit Ng, Maggie Jiahong Su, Iris Heung Yue Yim, Maggie Shen Qiao & Samuel Kai Wah Chu

  2. Division of Integrative Systems and Design, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

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Ng, D.T.K., Leung, J.K.L., Su, M.J., Yim, I.H.Y., Qiao, M.S., Chu, S.K.W. (2022). AI Literacy Education in Primary Schools. In: AI Literacy in K-16 Classrooms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18880-0_6

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