Education Union leader warns AI is not automatically beneficial for teaching, urges protection of teacher agency
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The National Education Union's general secretary Daniel Kebede comments on Education International's report "Teaching, AI and the human core of education," welcoming its cautious stance on AI in education. The report emphasizes that while AI is transformative, it is not automatically beneficial, and that teachers remain the irreplaceable core of the education system whose professional judgement must be protected.
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bskyEducation Union leader warns AI is not automatically beneficial for teaching, urges protection of teacher agencyneu.org.ukKey quotes
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Teachers remain the 'irreplaceable core' of the system, and their professional judgement and agency must be protected.
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