WORKSHOP TITLE: Teaching with AI: Practical, Ethical, and Pedagogical Strategies in Early Childhood Science Education
DURATION: 4 hours
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
This interactive professional development session equips early childhood educators with the knowledge and skills to thoughtfully integrate emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools into science teaching and learning.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Participants will explore how AI can spark curiosity, scaffold young children’s investigations, and lighten teachers’ planning workload, while upholding ethics, values and standards that ensure developmentally appropriate practice.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Early childhood educators, nursery and kindergarten teachers, curriculum coordinators, and teacher trainers working with children ages 3–7.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Internet-enabled devices (laptops/tablets), low-cost AI tools appropriate for ages 3–7, Sample 5E lesson template.