The Future of Education

Artificial Intelligence as a Teaching Mediator. A Femenological-Hermeneutic Investigation on the Development of Intelligent and Inclusive Learning Environments

Giuseppe Liverano, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara (Italy)

Abstract

The integration of artificial intelligence into teaching promises to transform the concept of smart classroom in an innovative way towards an ecosystem that is active and sensitive to the needs of all pupils. The paper proposes a logical, hermeneutical phenomenon investigation aimed at exploring and interpreting the potential of artificial intelligence as a teaching mediator for the design of innovative, intelligent and truly inclusive teaching environments. If used with a human-centric vision and oriented by an ethics of inclusion, artificial intelligence can serve as a valid cognitive and relational prosthesis capable of overcoming methodological and epistemic barriers. The concluding hermeneutical reflection will highlight the conditions that allow this technological didactic mediation to promote an authentic pedagogy and didactics of care in which artificial intelligence intervenes to amplify the sensitivity, attention and effectiveness of the teacher.

Keywords

Artificial intelligence, smart classroom, school inclusion, phenomenological-hermeneutic approach, teaching mediation

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