Discover how using AI to teach critical thinking in higher education turns AI errors into powerful classroom strategies that build information literacy and academic judgment.

These AI guidelines for teachers, now with checklists, are part of a series of steps designed to address that gap. The British Council is committed to supporting teachers with the skills, tools and resources they need for managing their classrooms and keeping up to date with key developments. These AI guidelines offer principles to help teachers make responsible choices when using AI in teaching or for continuing professional development. While primarily designed for English language teachers, these guidelines may also be useful for other subject teachers in English-medium education. We hope the guidelines are a valuable resource for teachers, empowering them to take an informed, ethical and context-specific approach to integrating AI into their teaching.

A South African researcher said schools are failing to teach critical thinking and urged teachers to help students question AI tools like ChatGPT.

Recent headlines about mobile phone bans in schools have been grabbing attention across the globe, but they're telling us a story that's far more complex than the soundbites suggest. The Economist recently published findings from a double-blind study showing that phone bans can improve performance, while Conservative politicians have jumped on the bandwagon with promises…

After conducting a two-year research project alongside teachers, who are adapting and are open to integrating AI, we found that uptake is still minimal. Most of our participants, including those who are engineering or computer science teachers, still struggle to identify a clear or universal instructional use case for widespread AI integration.

So, what should students learn to help them adapt to whatever comes next?

A growing body of research suggests that the answer may lie not in teaching students how to use a particular AI system, but in helping them understand the computational ideas that make those systems possible."

Researchers at the University of Kansas Center for Innovation, Design & Digital Learning (CIDDL) have published a new framework for the responsible implementation of artificial intelligence at all levels of education, from preschool through higher education.