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LEARNING GOAL
Learning to differentiate a human being from an "intelligent" machine
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Identify social / relational differences
Target SKILLS
MATERIALS
DETAILED PROCEDURE
PROGRESS INDICATORS
Sad puppet
Robot/toy
Stage a puppet that is crying.
Step 1
Invite the children to propose how to comfort it.
Step 2
Invite the children to ask: "If the robot falls, is it sad?"
Step 3
Guided discussion.
Step 4
Restatement: "Sadness belongs to living things."
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Step 10
The child says the robot cannot be sad or truly comfort anyone.
Co-Intelligence Human-Machine
Simple Reasoning
Research Foundations
Hoffman, M. L. (2000); Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning [CASEL]. (2020)
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