Perspectives on Learning: The Hub for Thinking
Perspectives features analysis from thought leaders, researchers, and practicing educators who are committed to defining the future of humanity-centered learning. We publish voices that challenge the status quo and offer ideas for preserving what makes education distinctly human.
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Beyond Automation: Nurturing Human Wisdom in the Age of AI
Judgement is the ultimate unautomatable skill. Anastasia Raissis argues that in the age of AI, education must pivot from teaching efficiency to nurturing human wisdom, moral judgment, and the courage to make real-world, ethical recommendations.
Professors Condemn Student AI Use While Secretly Relying on It Themselves
New research reveals 48.9% of professors automate grading with AI while prohibiting student use. This educational hypocrisy undermines institutional credibility.
Cultivating a Community of Critical Thinkers
The real problem isn't AI—it's the old curriculum. Teacher and podcast host Jamie House breaks down why schools lose when they chase efficiency metrics, and how to build a vertically aligned, critical thinking curriculum using Ellerton's Six Cognitive Skills framework.
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.
Thank you for caring." For ICT Educator Achille Kalinda, a first-grader's words revealed the true power of EdTech. In this piece, he explores why multimodal storytelling is essential for helping six-year-olds discover they have something worth saying when writing alone creates barriers.