Creation and Evaluation of a Pre-tertiary Artificial Intelligence (AI)\n Curriculum
Abstract
Contributions: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)-Jockey Club AI for\nthe Future Project (AI4Future) co-created an AI curriculum for pre-tertiary\neducation and evaluated its efficacy. While AI is conventionally taught in\ntertiary level education, our co-creation process successfully developed the\ncurriculum that has been used in secondary school teaching in Hong Kong and\nreceived positive feedback. Background: AI4Future is a cross-sector project\nthat engages five major partners - CUHK Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of\nEducation, Hong Kong secondary schools, the government and the AI industry. A\nteam of 14 professors with expertise in engineering and education collaborated\nwith 17 principals and teachers from 6 secondary schools to co-create the\ncurriculum. This team formation bridges the gap between researchers in\nengineering and education, together with practitioners in education context.\nResearch Questions: What are the main features of the curriculum content\ndeveloped through the co-creation process? Would the curriculum significantly\nimprove the students perceived competence in, as well as attitude and\nmotivation towards AI? What are the teachers perceptions of the co-creation\nprocess that aims to accommodate and foster teacher autonomy? Methodology: This\nstudy adopted a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods and involved 335\nstudent participants. Findings: 1) two main features of learning resources, 2)\nthe students perceived greater competence, and developed more positive attitude\nto learn AI, and 3) the co-creation process generated a variety of resources\nwhich enhanced the teachers knowledge in AI, as well as fostered teachers\nautonomy in bringing the subject matter into their classrooms.\n
Authors: Thomas K. F. Chiu, Helen Meng, Ching Sing Chai, Irwin King, Savio W.H. Wong, Yeung Yam
Published in: arXiv (Cornell University) (2021)