Artificial intelligence and the future of education

• Published in: Agora (Melbourne, Vic.) Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 7 - 8
• Main Author: Lyell, Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Vic History Teachers' Association of Victoria 01.06.2024; History Teachers’ Association of Victoria
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Automation; Calculators; Clerical Workers; Critical Thinking; Curricula; Data processing; Democracy; Education; Educational Facilities Improvement; Educational Needs; Educational Technology; Evaluation; Evidence; Feedback (Response); History Instruction; Manufacturing; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Teachers; Production Techniques; Study and teaching; Teachers; Teaching; Thinking Skills; Training of; Young Adults; United States > US

The advent of pocket calculators in the 1970s created a crisis in mathematics teaching. A 1974 Washington Post article captured the divergent responses of educators, quoting one professor of mathematics who argued that 'it would be better if students had brains in their heads before they put th...