Perspectives
Perspectives features analysis from educational thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners who are shaping the future of human-centered learning in the AI era. We publish voices that challenge conventional thinking and offer practical frameworks for preserving what makes education distinctly human.
Cultivating a Community of Critical Thinkers
The article emphasizes that true education should focus on developing students’ critical thinking rather than rote performance, which AI can easily replicate. Using frameworks like Peter Ellerton’s critical thinking matrix, it advocates for teaching skills such as analysis, evaluation, and self-regulation across all grades and subjects. Schools should prioritize authentic engagement, perspective-taking, and problem-solving—the human capacities AI cannot replicate. Cultivating these critical thinkers is presented as both an educational and civic responsibility.
AI "Safety" Serves Capital While Exploiting Children's Minds
MIT research shows ChatGPT dependency creates "soulless" thinking in students. Investigation reveals how AI safety rhetoric protects companies, not children's minds.
Pitfalls of AI-Generated Teaching Materials
Explore the double standard of AI in education: teachers using AI-generated materials while banning student use. Discover why IB programs need personalized, teacher-crafted resources over generic AI content for authentic learning.
The Culture of Trying: Why Failure is the Foundation of Learning
Human connection is the foundation of learning. This science teacher's approach to normalizing failure increased student test scores by 30 points.
AI Can't Teach Embodied Experience
In that moment of shared attention between teacher and student, something happens no algorithm could replicate: embodied understanding between humans.
The Global Classroom: Connecting Student Stories Across Borders
Students create with passion but need global audiences to see their impact. Building worldwide connections through storytelling transforms learning.
Pandora's Box: Charting a Middle Path for AI in Education
AI has opened Pandora's box in education. Students submit unwritten essays while others lack basic technology. How do we find the middle path?
Being Human in an AI-Driven World
Explore how humans maintain identity in an AI-driven world. This article examines the balance between technological advancement and human essence through the lens of agency, relational intelligence, and creative collaboration. Discover how AI literacy can enhance rather than diminish our unique human capabilities in education, creativity, and social contexts.