The Future of Education

The integration of artificial intelligence into STEM reading pathways represents a profound shift in how learners engage with scientific knowledge. Rather than replacing traditional reading practices, AI has the potential to expand and enrich them, transforming the act of reading into a more interactive, adaptive, and conceptually connected experience. Different STEM reading activities were realized at different education levels with the main objective to propose the beauty of reading in critical thinking about some scientific discoveries. During the training sessions, detailed answers were provided to these questions: why to realize interdisciplinary book paths in AI age, how to realize innovative STEM reading education at different levels; which interdisciplinary STEM reading activities with protagonist reader at the center of reading process. Some activities realized with the double role of “teacher-educator” and of “reader-learning designer” were presented during 2025 virtual SEB Outreach Event. It was useful the integration of AI as a cognitive mediator, offering contextual explanations, generating analogies, visualizing complex ideas. AI systems have contributed tailor reading pathways also to individual learners by adjusting complexity, suggesting supplementary materials, identifying misconceptions. Reading thus becomes a dynamic process that evolves with the learner's needs and pace. At the same time, useful strengthen interdisciplinary thinking, a core dimension of STEM education. Reading paths with elements of AI in our context will be realized to promote future activities not just with as technological aid, but a catalyst for deeper engagement, intellectual autonomy, and innovative learning practices.