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Artificial intelligence in education: Addressing ethical challenges in K-12 settings

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Akgun, Selin, Greenhow, Christine·2022·AI and Ethics

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of study that combines the applications of machine learning, algorithm productions, and natural language processing. Applications of AI transform the tools of education. AI has a variety of educational applications, such as personalized learning platforms to promote students' learning, automated assessment systems to aid teachers, and facial recognition systems to generate insights about learners' behaviors. Despite the potential benefits of AI to support students' learning experiences and teachers' practices, the ethical and societal drawbacks of these systems are rarely fully considered in K-12 educational contexts. The ethical challenges of AI in education must be identified and introduced to teachers and students. To address these issues, this paper (1) briefly defines AI through the concepts of machine learning and algorithms; (2) introduces applications of AI in educational settings and benefits of AI systems to support students' learning processes; (3) describes ethical challenges and dilemmas of using AI in education; and (4) addresses the teaching and understanding of AI by providing recommended instructional resources from two providers-i.e., the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Media Lab and Code.org. The article aims to help practitioners reap the benefits and navigate ethical challenges of integrating AI in K-12 classrooms, while also introducing instructional resources that teachers can use to advance K-12 students' understanding of AI and ethics.

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    The ethical and societal drawbacks of AI systems are rarely fully considered in K-12 educational contexts.

    “Despite the potential benefits of AI to support students’ learning experiences and teachers’ practices, the ethical and societal drawbacks of these systems are rarely fully considered in K-12 educational contexts.”
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    Students have a wide range of learning styles and needs.

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    Educators will have different ethical concerns and challenges depending on their students' grade and age of development.

    “However, it is important to acknowledge that educators will have different ethical concerns and challenges depending on their students’ grade and age of development.”
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    AI monitoring tools collect extensive information about what students and teachers do and prefer.

    “Another ethical concern surrounding the use of AI in K-12 education is surveillance or tracking systems which gather detailed information about the actions and preferences of students and teachers.”
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    When public schools mandate AI systems, students and parents effectively cannot opt out, even if they consent to losing privacy.

    “They really have no choice if these systems are required by public schools.”
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    Platforms like YouTube serve commonly as instructional tools in K-12 classes and in students' lives outside school.

    “social media such as YouTube are widely used as a teaching and learning tool within K-12 classrooms and beyond them, in students’ everyday lives.”
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    Scholarship on preparing K-12 teachers to teach AI and ethics remains at an early stage.

    “research on how to develop K-12 teachers’ instructional practices regarding AI and ethics is still in its infancy.”
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    Most privacy breaches happen when individuals reveal too much personal data on online platforms.

    “Privacy violations mainly occur as people expose an excessive amount of personal information in online platforms.”
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Authors
Akgun, S., & Greenhow, C.
Affiliations
Michigan State University (US)
Venue
AI and Ethics
Published
2021-09-22
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
431-440
ISSN
  • 2730-5953 (ISSN-L)
  • 2730-5961
OpenAlex
W3199189488
Cited by
1,473
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 433 · 2025: 517 · 2024: 393 · 2023: 109 · 2022: 21
FWCI
19.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • AI and Ethics (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
michigan state university, college of education (Summer Research Fellowship)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Keywords
artificial intelligence in education, AI ethics, K-12 education, personalized learning, automated assessment, AI literacy, Code.org, MIT Media Lab, ethical dilemmas of AI

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