Springer Artificial Intelligence, Human Agency and the Educational Leader

This book includes contributions by scholars from a variety of disciplines, the dialogue and discourse on how AI (artificial intelligence) development includes and/or excludes pedagogical educational learning theories focused on the learner. A call from Educational Leaders Without Borders (ELWB) was issued to scholars from across the globe who were asked to write a vignette described as an evocative description or account on how education leaders envision education in 2051 and A.I. beyond mere product purchase. These vignettes should engage us in questions as to how the development and use of AI technologies are shaped. As educators who believe education should be established on social justice beliefs and practices, our review of literature shows there are no books addressing the complexities of A.I. development and the role of educators. The futuristic element is unique in its approach to imagine a socially just better world in which to inspire educators. This unique feature encourages creativity in how one addresses the call to imagine a future world and our role as educators in that world. From the Back Cover This book is about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the future of education, concentrating on the intersection of AI with learning theories and social justice. The text focuses on the central question, what is it going to take to develop new educational environments that uphold a humanistic spirit within a cybernetic future?   The first half of the book establishes common discourse by introducing learning theories and AI, identifying areas of intersection between the two. Later sections of the book focus on current and emerging issues of ethics, bias, data management, and algorithmic misuse. The text is complemented by vignettes written by over 25 social scientists and computer scientists that extrapolate from current educational systems and practices to envision education in the year 2051. The book is an opportunity for readers to contend with what is necessary to create educational systems that centralize social justice beliefs and practices, while integrating transformative technologies. Education and Artificial Intelligence (AI) 2051: The Duty of Educational Leaders Without Borders (ELWB) provides a critical space for a needed discussion on the role of why and how learning and leadership theories should be at the heart of A.I. and educational tools of the future.   About the Author Dr. Rosemary Papa is the Founder of Educational Leaders Without Borders and she previously served as The Del and Jewel Lewis Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership and emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University from 2007-2018.  In 2015, she was the recipient of the AERA 2015 Willystine Goodsell Award, Women in Education SIG and gave the keynote address at AERA 2016, Washington, D.C. for her research on women and girls.  In 2012, she was the recipient of the Arizona School Administrators Outstanding Higher Education Administrator of the Year Award. Dr. Papa has published 25+ books in the areas of leadership, educational policy, social justice, sustainability, school effectiveness, and technology for school leaders and teachers and faculty in higher education. Additionally, she has 3 major works in progress: Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration (2021); Editor-in-Chief, Springer Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education (2020); and School Violence in International Contexts – Perspectives from Educational Leaders Without Borders (2019). As well, Dr. Papa has published more than eighty articles in refereed academic journals. She has served as a K-12 principal, chief school administrator, and worked in the California State University System office in a variety of intersegmental roles with the University of California. Dr. Karen Moran Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology and Assessment at Soka University