Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity
Abstract This paper explores the intersection of early childhood education and AI, with a focus on promoting multimodal play. Drawing from implementation research in preschools, we explore the potential of an AI‐powered painting tool to foster historical imagery, creativity, and self‐expression. The...
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| description | Abstract This paper explores the intersection of early childhood education and AI, with a focus on promoting multimodal play. Drawing from implementation research in preschools, we explore the potential of an AI‐powered painting tool to foster historical imagery, creativity, and self‐expression. The findings demonstrate how technology can be used to democratize access to cultural heritage resources while enabling children's creative play centered on variation, improvisation, and human interaction. The human‐in‐the‐loop approach is crucial in aligning AI integration with early childhood pedagogy, ensuring that technology supports, rather than replaces, teachers' roles in the classroom. The paper highlights the importance of maintaining a human presence in the learning process to create educational experiences that are developmentally appropriate and transformative for young children. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9fe65dfbabd46e2b43525805d560cc72025-02-06T15:35:24ZengWileyFuture in Educational Research2835-94022024-12-012440342110.1002/fer3.46Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativityIlene R. Berson0Michael J. Berson1Department of Teaching & Learning University of South Florida Tampa Florida USADepartment of Teaching & Learning University of South Florida Tampa Florida USAAbstract This paper explores the intersection of early childhood education and AI, with a focus on promoting multimodal play. Drawing from implementation research in preschools, we explore the potential of an AI‐powered painting tool to foster historical imagery, creativity, and self‐expression. The findings demonstrate how technology can be used to democratize access to cultural heritage resources while enabling children's creative play centered on variation, improvisation, and human interaction. The human‐in‐the‐loop approach is crucial in aligning AI integration with early childhood pedagogy, ensuring that technology supports, rather than replaces, teachers' roles in the classroom. The paper highlights the importance of maintaining a human presence in the learning process to create educational experiences that are developmentally appropriate and transformative for young children.https://doi.org/10.1002/fer3.46cultural heritagecreative explorationearly childhoodintelligence augmentationmultimodal play |
| spellingShingle | Ilene R. Berson Michael J. Berson Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity Future in Educational Research cultural heritage creative exploration early childhood intelligence augmentation multimodal play |
| title | Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity |
| title_full | Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity |
| title_short | Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity |
| title_sort | fragments of the past the intersection of ai historical imagery and early childhood creativity |
| topic | cultural heritage creative exploration early childhood intelligence augmentation multimodal play |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/fer3.46 |
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