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AI + Ethics Curricula for Middle School Youth: Lessons Learned from Three Project-Based Curricula
Originally published 2022-08-01 · International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Elsevier BV · DOI 10.1007/s40593-022-00298-y ↗
AI / system type
AI literacy curriculum; machine learning/GANs/robotics
Child-facing evidenceExamines children or child-focused systems. Transfer to everyday family life must be assessed separately.
The AI connection
Covers machine learning, GAN-generated media, affective perception and robotics.
Why this reading matters
Provides concrete project-based examples and an evaluation of accessible middle-school AI learning.
Editorial reading guide · Independence
What would an AI activity look like if my child built, questioned and explained the technology?
Maps to Independence through hands-on AI creation and critical reflection rather than passive consumption.
Study context
78 US students in online workshops with 11 trained middle-school teachers
Age / stage: Middle-school youth
Read with three questions
- How do the three curricula embed ethics within technical projects?
- Which tasks let learners test the limits of training data or generated media?
- How did online delivery affect access and assessment?
Keep the limits in view
Exploratory workshop evaluation without a randomized efficacy comparison; summer 2020 delivery and selected participants limit generalization to current LLM use.
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Randi Williams; Safinah Ali; Nisha Devasia; Daniella DiPaola; Jenna Hong; Stephen P Kaputsos; Brian Jordan; Cynthia Breazeal (2022). AI + Ethics Curricula for Middle School Youth: Lessons Learned from Three Project-Based Curricula International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-022-00298-y
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