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In September, Henry Price observed a classroom of 7- to 8-year-olds learn about the Stone Age
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The founding principal of Rugby School Dubai hopes his students will soon study ancient Egypt the same way, reading about it, creating artwork, and then stepping inside a virtual pyramid, or using artificial intelligence to “interview” a pharaoh.
Key facts
- In September, Henry Price observed a classroom of 7- to 8-year-olds learn about the Stone Age
- Bedour Almarri, who works with the Dubai Land Department, has three children between the ages of six and 12 attending Dubai Schools Al Khawaneej
- At Dubai Schools Al Khawaneej, a joint initiative between the Dubai government and K-12 education provider Taaleem Education, students in grades one through three are not expected to use generative
- I work in IT, so I see firsthand how fundamentally AI is going to change the workplace and society,” said Gigi Thomas, whose son is enrolled in Year 7 at Cambridge High School
Summary
In September, Henry Price observed a classroom of 7- to 8-year-olds learn about the Stone Age. “AI does not replace reading, writing, discussion, or creativity. The United Arab Emirates recently became the first country to make AI a required K-12 subject. That puts the country on one side of a growing global debate over what children should learn about AI and when they should encounter it.