Reinforce interpretive grounding by having learners engage primary materials before using AI tools¶

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Description¶

A pedagogical implication the article draws for SSH education in AI-mediated contexts: ensure that learners engage directly with primary materials before using AI tools, in line with hermeneutic principles emphasizing situated understanding and dialogic engagement. This addresses the observed risk of interpretive shortcutting, in which AI outputs replace rather than support cognitive effort. The article also recommends reconceptualizing writing as a developmental rather than product-oriented activity, prioritizing reflection, iteration, and individual voice.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Tasks that prioritize reflection, iteration, and individual voice
• Integration of critical AI literacy across curricula, including technical, epistemic, and ethical competencies

Constraints¶

• Applicability may vary across disciplinary contexts, learner characteristics, and levels of AI integration

Target Learners¶

• Lower secondary SSH students
• Teachers integrating generative AI into instruction

Target Learning Goals¶

• Situated understanding of primary texts
• Interpretive depth
• Individual authorial voice

Affordances¶

• Developmental Critical Model Ai Ssh

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Key Sources¶

• Voicu, C.-G. (2026). AI-Mediated Learning and the Restructuring of Interpretive Cognition: A Developmental-Critical Model for Social Sciences and Humanities Education. Journal of Digital Pedagogy, 5(1), 37–51. https://doi.org/10.61071/jdp.2665