This is spectacularly silly.
Disadvantaged students do not need untested AI tutors. They need excellent behaviour, high expectations, explicit instruction, and systematic retrieval.
Not this.
@hthieblot https://t.co/C2mt8s1dSo. It was my first ever experience of chatrooms- I was nine/ten years old. This was promoted by my SCHOOL. It was rife with predators and, with hindsight, exposed me to some deeply troubling things. I think of it, from time to time, because it was bonkers.
@DanaPalubiak Inquiry learning is less effective than explicit teaching. A literacy inquiry learning unit wastes children’s precious time when they could be learning to read and write. It’s effectually malpractice.
-History teaches us to interrogate sources
-Maths teaches us to think procedurally and logically
-English leads us into examining narrator and character motives and perspective
-Religious studies teaches us that faith claims and truth claims are often divergent
-Science teaches us to test our hypotheses, and to lean on tangible evidence.
Etc.
The architecture and foundation of critical thinking are imbedded and embodied by the disciplinary skills intrinsic to the existing taxonomy of academic subjects.
It’s not an assembly on why Andrew Tate is bad (which he is) or Facebook is stuffed with inane rubbish (which it is). It’s the whole academic experience of a school’s curriculum- when taught thoroughly.
I’m a bit drunk and accidentally typed “LinkedIn” into Spotify instead of “Linkin Park”. If anything doesn’t describe my personality and demographic any more, I don’t know what will.
@AhmetGocer2 If this is how you feel, we don’t want you here anyway. We will enjoy our green spaces, thriving community, charming businesses, and delicious food in peace.