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AI Learning Priorities
for All K-12 Students

AI Learning Priorities
for All K-12 Students

About


The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), in partnership with AI4K12, spearheaded the Identifying AI Priorities for All K-12 Students project. The project gathered experts – including teachers, researchers, administrators, and curriculum developers – to articulate priorities for AI education. The project had four goals:

  1. Identify priorities for AI learning across each K-12 grade band. As a result of a collaborative, iterative process, the project articulated five categories for AI learning: Humans and AI, Representation and Reasoning, Machine Learning, Ethical AI System Design and Programming, and Societal Impacts of AI.
  2. Suggest updates to the AI4K12 Guidelines. Advances in generative AI necessitate updates to the AI4K12 Guidelines. This is especially true for Big Idea #4: Natural Interaction, since generative AI represents a substantial advance in the ability of AI to interact with humans. Similarly, generative AI raises many ethical questions relevant to Big Idea #5: Societal Impacts.
  3. Advance the research agenda for K-12 AI education. Priorities for research in AI education include the importance of supporting teachers, promoting inclusive and student-centered pedagogies, developing appropriate tools, gaining a better understanding of AI’s impact on learning, and ensuring equity in AI education.
  4. Share promising practices across the AI and CS education communities. Participants shared their work in AI education. While the practices described varied, there were some common themes. Concerns about ethics and responsible AI were foregrounded, and hands-on learning activities were featured prominently. Meeting the needs of all children was a key concern, with approaches and tools that are widely accessible as well as engaging for all students. As a result of these common themes, we offer related recommendations for AI curriculum and instruction

Project Team

Authors and Leadership

The project is primarily planned, facilitated and coordinated by the Principal Investigators:

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Project Support

Additional team members played substantive roles in the success of the workshop and producing high-quality outputs.

Participants

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Acknowledgements

Funding Support