2 days ago
UNESCO Sets Framework to Prepare Teachers for AI
UNESCO created a guide to help teachers understand how to use artificial intelligence in schools.
The guide says teachers need knowledge, skills and values to use AI responsibly.
It describes 15 abilities across five areas, including AI ethics and teaching with AI.
Teachers can build these abilities at three levels: Acquire, Deepen and Create.
The report says only seven countries had teacher AI programmes or frameworks by 2022.
It also warns that AI should not replace teachers or reduce learning to automated tasks.
Teachers should help students use AI safely and thoughtfully.
The goal is to use AI to support curiosity and learning, while protecting people’s rights and relationships.
UNESCO published a global framework outlining the knowledge, skills and values teachers need to use AI responsibly in education.
The framework identifies 15 competencies across five dimensions: human-centred mindset, AI ethics, AI foundations and applications, AI pedagogy, and AI for professional learning.
It groups competency development into three levels: Acquire, Deepen and Create.
The report says that by 2022 only seven countries had developed AI frameworks or programmes for teachers.
The authors warn that unguided AI use could weaken students’ intellectual development and teachers’ relationships with learners.
- Who
- UNESCO, with the framework authored by Fengchun Miao and Mutlu Cukurova.
- What
- A framework defining 15 competencies teachers need to use AI responsibly in education.
- Where
- The framework is intended as a global reference for education systems.
- When
- First published on August 8, 2024.
- Why
- To guide teacher preparation for AI-enabled education and help educators use AI’s benefits while mitigating risks.
Potential benefits of AI in education
Risks of AI in education
AI’s role in teaching and learning
Potential benefits of AI in education
With teacher guidance, AI can support inquiry, intellectual development and learners’ capabilities.
Risks of AI in education
Without appropriate pedagogical guidance, AI may reduce learning to automated tasks and weaken students’ intellectual development.
Effects on teachers and learners
Potential benefits of AI in education
Teachers can use AI while serving as learning designers, facilitators and role models for lifelong learning.
Risks of AI in education
The report cautions that AI could devalue teachers’ role and influence and weaken their relationships with learners.
Key facts
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Authors
- Fengchun Miao and Mutlu Cukurova
- First published
- August 8, 2024
- Competencies
- 15 competencies across five dimensions
- Dimensions
- Human-centred mindset; ethics of AI; AI foundations and applications; AI pedagogy; AI for professional learning
- Progression levels
- Acquire, Deepen and Create
- Country programmes by 2022
- Seven countries had developed AI frameworks or programmes for teachers
Quotes
UNESCO report
The UNESCO teacher AI competency framework.
“Teachers are the primary users of AI in education, and they are expected to be the designers and facilitators of students' learning with AI, the guardians of safe and ethical practice across AI-rich educational environments, and to act as role models for lifelong learning about AI.”
NDTV
“To assume these responsibilities, teachers need to be supported to develop their capabilities to leverage the potential benefits of AI while mitigating its risks in education settings and wider society.”
NDTV
Sources
Related news
AI’s Rise Makes Teachers’ Human Role More Important
Educators Urge Human Skills and Well-Being as AI Enters Classrooms
Cambridge Report Calls for Teachers in India’s AI Education
Teachers' Changing Roles in Education and Society Today
IIHM Bangalore honours educators at 2026 Teachers’ Day Awards
CEA Warns AI Could Eliminate Management Entry-Level Jobs
AI Governance Must Balance Innovation With Protection for Vulnerable Citizens
UNESCO Finds Rural India’s Upper-Secondary Gender Gap Persists
Nayar Says Human Rights Cannot Be Separated From Environmental Justice
KCS Foundation Honors 27 Students at Dubai Youth Awards
