To protect students' curiosity, the International Education Summit Forum in the Artificial Intelligence Era was held

Nandu News Reporter Yang Xiaotong Correspondent Liu Zhenzhu Is the international education community ready to face the challenges brought by artificial intelligence? What roles should educators and parents play to prepare students to better adapt to learning in the era of artificial intelligence? On May 21, the 2023 Summit Forum International Education in the Artificial Intelligence Era was held at Guangzhou Foreign Language School. Experts, educators and parents gathered together to promote theoretical innovation and practical exploration of artificial intelligence to help education digitalization, and to help education High-quality development brings together minds.

Artificial Intelligence Era

Teachers need to actively guide students’ enthusiasm for learning

Wan Qinghua, the general principal of Guangzhou Experimental Foreign Language School and Guangzhou Foreign Language School, said in his opening speech that my country’s educational informatization construction has entered an important period of digital transformation. How can artificial intelligence serve education and make education more Meeting the needs of students and society is what we urgently need to pay attention to. Convening this summit forum is of great significance in promoting theoretical innovation and practical exploration of artificial intelligence in assisting the digitalization of education, and in assisting the high-quality development of education.

Chen Dingding, professor and deputy dean of the School of International Relations of Jinan University, started from the basic concepts and application fields of artificial intelligence, and elaborated on the development of AI as a theoretical concept until it is widely used in many fields such as life and scientific research. course.

In his speech, Chen Dingding pointed out that artificial intelligence can not only complete mechanical and repetitive tasks, but can also perform many tasks that require creative thinking. Many people worry that artificial intelligence will lead to the disappearance of millions of jobs, and even worry about whether humans will be replaced by artificial intelligence. According to Chen Dingding, although AI is replacing some jobs, this is not a bad thing as long as humans can continue to learn and ask questions, and keep up with the trends of the times. "If what is replaced is inefficient and repetitive work, we will be able to free up a lot of valuable time to explore other more meaningful things." ”

Artificial intelligence is challenging human beings and also provides precise opportunities for education. Taking AI platforms such as IBM Watson as examples, Chen Dingding emphasized the role of AI in personalized learning, cross-cultural communication, intelligent management and supervision, and subject teaching. At the same time, Chen Dingding also reminded educators that when using artificial intelligence, they need to pay attention to potential risks in terms of content plagiarism and ethics. Only by being consistent with teaching goals and beliefs can it better play its positive role.

Cai Hong, dean of the School of International Student Education at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, gave an in-depth analysis of the "near and long-term worries" that artificial intelligence brings to education from a micro level. "What profession should I choose to win in the employment competition with machines? What kind of education do we need to cultivate professionals who will not be replaced by machines?" In Cai Hong's view, the emergence of AI is calling for educators to return to education. Nature. Cai Hong mentioned that the word "education" in Latin contains the meaning of "outward" and "leading", and its original meaning is "to guide the original abilities in the human mind."

Especially in the international education system that focuses on the cultivation of students' quality and ability, the development of AI has emphasized the role and responsibility of teachers as "guides". "In daily teaching, teachers should start from the traditional 'preaching and teaching' Solving doubts has transformed into awakening students' inner curiosity, teaching students to think, discover and ask questions. This is not only to improve children's ability to fight against the outside world, but to stimulate students' enthusiasm for inward self-exploration, so that everyone can A student becomes his or her own unique self.”

Focus on comprehensive ability cultivation

Home and school need to work together to protect children’s curiosity

If humans don’t know how to ask valuable questions, artificial intelligence won’t be able to provide answers. In the roundtable forum, the five guests not only discussed the teaching content, curriculum and concepts of international education in the era of artificial intelligence from the perspective of educators, but also shared with the participants how to get along with children from the perspective of parents. , experience and understanding of cultivating children's comprehensive abilities.

At the roundtable forum, most guests emphasized that the era of artificial intelligence requires schools to cultivate talents with adaptability and change response capabilities. Ke Xiaoling, deputy dean of the International College of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, said happily that during the visit to various schools, she learned that the current junior high school and high school have transformed from pure knowledge learning to comprehensive subject quality, communication and coordination, leadership, etc. Development of other “soft skills”. Ke Xiaoling also showed her children’s learning results in the IB Visual Art course, “While my children were learning this course, I found that learning based on personal interests can not only protect children’s curiosity from Even without injury, children can become more involved and focused on one thing, and even reach a state of 'flow'."

Peng Zhenzhu, executive principal of Guangzhou Foreign Language School, also agreed with this. She added that the three subjects offered in IB high school are EE (Extended Essay), CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) and TOK (Theory of Knowledge). The core elements are designed to encourage students to think independently, develop students' research and writing skills, and develop curiosity, critical thinking and analytical skills to lay the foundation for future university studies and careers. CAS helps students develop leadership skills, social responsibility and teamwork spirit. Peng Zhuzhen added that schools should create an environment of trial and error to allow students to explore themselves, thereby cultivating enthusiasm and curiosity for learning. The emergence of technologies such as AI has placed greater emphasis on people's ability to perceive and experience the real world. "People cannot live in the virtual world forever, let alone lose the link to the real world. With the advent of the era of artificial intelligence, teachers need to pay more attention to cultivating students' unique human skills such as aesthetic ability, emotional intelligence, and cross-cultural communication."

Cai Zhonghan, general manager of Guangdong Mingrui (Group) Co., Ltd., also discussed the concepts and differences between exam-oriented education and quality-oriented education from the perspective of parents. He believes that in the era of artificial intelligence, world development trends, technology and knowledge are updated at any time, and parents should always have a mindset of learning and enriching themselves to guide their children's growth.

Chen Dingding mentioned that when choosing a school for his children, he also valued the comprehensive atmosphere of the school. He believes that children’s character needs to be tempered in school. Therefore, in addition to “teaching”, teachers must also assume the responsibility of “educating” and play a positive role in guiding children’s overall literacy through education.

Peng Zhenzhen said in her closing speech that this summit forum is not only a grand event for in-depth discussion of international education in the era of artificial intelligence, but also provides an important impetus for international education innovation and development. Guangzhou Foreign Language School will take advantage of this summit forum to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with people from all walks of life. ”

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