Critical Studies of AI and Education: A Survey
This page provides the supporting information for the ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’ survey. At the bottom of the page, you will find the survey questions.
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for expressing interest in the ‘Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence and Education’.
To inform this developing field, we would like to ask you some questions. We aim to publish the outcomes of this questionnaire in an academic paper.
This research has been approved by the University College London Research Ethics Committee (REC1933, 5 February 2024). Data protection number: Z6364106/2024/01/125.
For any information about this questionnaire, please do not hesitate to contact the Principal Investigator, Dr Wayne Holmes (wayne.holmes@ucl.ac.uk).
Before we ask you the questions, we will show you several screens of information. You will then be asked for your consent to continue your participation in this research.
INFORMATION
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This approach is designed to ensure that all contributors are properly credited for their ideas and/or other contributions. This is in alignment with the British Educational Research Associations’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (4th Edition, 2018) Clause 40.
We are not promising to include any of your responses in the proposed academic paper. We will only select and include those responses that we believe will contribute to the emerging field of ‘Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence and Education’
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SURVEY QUESTIONS
Q1 of 10
In the context of AI and Education, what do you understand by ‘Critical Studies’?
Q2 of 10
Why (if at all) is it important to research ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’?
Q3 of 10
What ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’ research questions should we be asking?
Q4 of 10
What key challenges do researchers of ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’ face and how do we deal with those challenges?
Q5 of 10
From a critical studies perspective, how would you define AI Literacy? In other words, to be literate in AI, what should teachers, students, and others know and/or be able to do?
Q6 of 10
What are your recommendations for next steps for those of us interested in the ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’?
Q7 of 10
To what extent should the following activities be undertaken by researchers of ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’ (from ‘Definitely should not’ to ‘Definitely should’):
– Establish some kind of organisation (e.g., a research society) for researchers of ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’
– Organise a face-to-face conference for researchers of ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’, to take place in (say) 9 months’ time
– Organise an online ‘summer school’ for researchers and/or educators to explore AI and Education from a critical studies perspective.
– Work towards establishing a journal for ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’
– Develop an AI curriculum for schools that adopts a critical studies perspective.
– Develop an AI textbook for schools that adopts a critical studies perspective.
Q8 of 10
What other activities should we, as researchers of ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’, undertake?
Q9 of 10
For the ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’ to develop as a research field (perhaps with a society, conference, journal, and funded PhDs), we will need funding. If you have any ideas about how we might secure funding, or contacts who might help us find funding, please say here.
Q10 of 10
On the ‘Critical Studies of AI and Education’ online symposium website, there is a call for contributions to a ‘Handbook of Critical Studies of AI and Education’. How likely are you to submit an abstract for a chapter to be included in that handbook (from ‘Definitely not’ to ‘Definitely yes’)?
How likely are you to submit an abstract for a chapter to be included in the proposed ‘Handbook of Critical Studies of AI and Education’?