AI Just Validated Everything That’s Wrong About Education

Greg Twemlow's article argues that a new AI training method, RARE (Retrieval-Augmented Reasoning), validates the long-held belief that education should prioritise deep thinking over mere memorisation. This AI paradigm shift, inspired by Bloom's Taxonomy, focuses on enabling AI to retrieve information for reasoning rather than storing vast amounts of data. Twemlow contends that this mirrors how effective human cognition works and highlights the flaws in an education system obsessed with rote learning and recall. He suggests that RARE demonstrates the importance of cultivating critical thinking and contextual application, advocating for assessments that measure a learner's ability to reason with information. Ultimately, Twemlow sees this AI development as a validation for educators striving to shift the focus from knowledge accumulation to cognitive adaptability and the ignition of creative thought. Read the article.

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