Educating with AI, Indire trains 664 teachers

"Artificial Intelligence at School: Cultivating Critical Thinking and Discussing Ethical Dilemmas" is the theme of the 6th edition of the "Paths Summer School", curated by Indire, in which 664 teachers connected to the organisation's platform have so far participated.

The event is designed to reflect and work on didactics and AI, thanks also to the experience of the PATHS research project, which has so far involved 3,700 teachers from 2,100 schools out of a total of 7,600 in Italy. It is three days (11-13 June) of immersive study, laboratories and workshops to experiment a teaching model that counteracts linguistic impoverishment, stimulates critical thinking and reinforces peer comparison.

"AI can stimulate, it can enrich but it risks being an uninformed use, it risks generating a cognitive dependency. We need tools, professionals who enrich our school. You have at your side an institute that will always be able to keep you up to date, support you and give you a top quality service,' these were the words of Indire president Francesco Manfredi.

How can artificial intelligence best be used in education? What risks does it present and what potential does such a powerful and rapidly evolving tool offer? These are some of the questions that will be addressed in the plenary session, taking into account the results of a research conducted by Indire, in collaboration with the newspaper Tecnica della Scuola, which was presented last March at Didacta Italia in Florence, and which involved 1,803 teachers of all levels.

The survey results showed that more than half of the teachers surveyed regularly use AI tools in their teaching activities. In particular, 52.4% said they use AI to support their teaching, while 10% use it as a compensatory tool for students with difficulties.