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I asked Wendy if I could read the paper she turned in, and when I opened the document, I was surprised to see the topic: critical pedagogy, the philosophy of education pioneered by Paulo Freire. The philosophy examines the influence of social and political forces on learning and classroom dynamics. Her opening line: “To what extent is schooling hindering students’ cognitive ability to think critically?” Later, I asked Wendy if she recognized the irony in using AI to write not just a paper on critical pedagogy but one that argues learning is what “makes us truly human.” She wasn’t sure what to make of the question. “I use AI a lot. Like, every day,” she said. “And I do believe it could take away that critical-thinking part. But it’s just — now that we rely on it, we can’t really imagine living without it.”

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 75 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (23 children)

I have a hypothesis that college can solve this problem by "inversing" lectures and homework.

edit: sounds like a lot of places do this already so that's cool.

Have your students watch lectures and do reading on their own time. Hell, they can ask ChatGPT to summarize it for them if "it's just a tool" and they want to use it! But everything that gets a grade should be done in class. You will write the essay by hand, you will do the math with no more powerful a calculator than a TI-83, you will give a presentation to show that you understand the material. Book is open, accommodations for special needs are available, and the teacher is here to help and give guidance and clarification, but internet connections are banned.

Buuuuut ~~American colleges would never do this because~~ ensuring that your graduates actually learn things was never the point.

[–] T34_69@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

My university does "flipped" lectures/homework for a lot of the engineering courses and yeah it's pretty dope a lot of the time, it's an efficient way to do things... but it also means some students just don't show up, and the professors tend not to like that (for a synchronous course).

[–] simontherockjohnson@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

but it also means some students just don’t show up, and the professors tend not to like that

TBH I hated when attendance was graded in college because I just did the course work instead of going to class most of the time. Engineering schools tend to have the worst teachers.

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Agreed, there were a few classes that was just the professor reading ad lip the scripts already uploaded online.

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