‘AI’ Included in Textbooks … Busan Office of Education to Introduce ‘Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence’ Course in High Schools Next Year

'Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence' Textbook.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education has developed a curriculum and textbook for the subject ‘Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence’ and will apply it to high schools in the Busan area starting from the 2022 academic year.

The curriculum was planned to strengthen education on understanding the principles of AI in the era of intelligent informatization.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education organized a writing team composed of information and mathematics teachers and a review team of university professors. The writing and review teams developed the curriculum and textbook for the Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence subject.

Both groups operated for 18 months from May 2020 to October 2021 to prepare for the operation of the high school ‘Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence’ course.

‘Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence’ is organized as a specialized subject in the science track.

The subject integrates theoretical understanding of mathematical principles applied to artificial intelligence and programming based on computational thinking to cultivate practical problem-solving skills.

The curriculum consists of 26 achievement standards and four areas: data processing, learning and optimization, estimation and judgment, and machine learning projects, along with 11 core concepts. The textbook is structured according to the curriculum areas.

The core concepts include matrix, matrix processing, normalization, differentiation, gradient descent, activation function, sequences and statistics, Bayes’ theorem, regression analysis, regression analysis project, and classification project.

The subject is offered as a career elective in information courses at general high schools and as a specialized subject I in the science track at specialized high schools.

Superintendent Kim Seok-jun stated, “We will promote integrated education of information and mathematics subjects that understand the principles of artificial intelligence and computer science based on mathematics and implement them through programming.”

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