Recruit Next Generation Education Research Institute, run by Tokyo Gakugei University and Recruit Marketing Partners Co., Ltd., will start joint research on the abilities and teacher training required for children in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).
According to a professor at Duke University in the United States, "2011% of children who entered elementary school in 65 now have jobs that do not exist."This means that in the future, while more jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence, new jobs will emerge.
What is the ability "zest for life" necessary to live in this unpredictable future era?In this joint research, we will focus on the "zest for life" and study what kind of learning is required for it, and what kind of ability is required for teachers who are close to the children who will lead the next generation. do.
In conducting the research, President Toshisada Deguchi of Tokyo Gakugei University said, "I think that the AI (artificial intelligence) revolution is a change that will probably have a considerable impact on human history.At this time, what kind of possibilities and inevitability will arise in the activity of "education" that supports our future and our society?And what kind of existence must be a "teacher" who teaches and guides children in such an era?We hope that the research resources of our university will be fully utilized for some of these issues related to AI and education, which are being considered by the Central Council for Education, etc., and that this leading initiative can contribute as much as possible. I am. I made a comment.
In the joint research, we plan to hold a study group and a symposium by inviting outside experts.