Advancing AI in Science Education: Envisioning Responsible and Ethical Practice (Advances in Technology-Rich Science Education, 3)

This edited volume offers a timely, domain-specific examination of how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the foundations of science teaching and learning.As AI transforms scientific work, societal expectations, and the skills future citizens need, science education stands at a pivotal crossroads.This book highlights the major shifts AI is driving-redefining educational goals, reshaping classroom procedures, expanding learning materials, enabling dynamic assessment, and altering the competencies students must develop to thrive in an AI-driven world of scientific inquiry and decision-making. Through critical analysis and vivid examples from core scientific practices, the authors reveal AI’s dual capacity to enrich and complicate science education.AI offers unprecedented personalization, efficiency, and access to authentic scientific practices, yet also raises concerns around fairness, transparency, privacy, accountability, and the preservation of human judgment.To navigate these