Student handout · Discussion & Debate
AI Digital Textbooks Just Got Demoted in Korea, and Your High Schoolers Have Opinions
Should Korean Schools Use AI Textbooks?
Vocabulary
- adaptive (adj.) — changes to fit the user
- supplementary material — extra material, not required
- screen time — time spent looking at a screen
- reclassify (v.) — to officially change what category something is in
Background In 2025, Korea introduced AI textbooks in some subjects and grades. Later that year, the government decided schools no longer have to use them.
Discussion questions
- Did you use an AI textbook this year? For which subject?
- What was one good thing about it? One bad thing?
- Should the decision be made by the government, the school, or the teacher?
- Is more screen time at school a real problem, or not a big deal?
- What would the "perfect" version of an AI textbook look like?
Debate task Choose a side: KEEP AI textbooks or REMOVE AI textbooks. Write two arguments for your side using the vocabulary above.