Exploring Children’s use of generative AI in School and Elsewhere
Generative AI has rapidly entered young people’s lives, from ChatGPT to image generators and beyond. But the guidance, rules and support around it are often designed without them.
Does generative AI get used in the same way at home and at school?
Where do young people really learn how to use it?
Project CAISE works with secondary school students – who are 13 or 14 when the project kicks off in school – alongside their schools and families, to understand how AI fits into every part of everyday life. The young people aren’t just studied: they’re co-researchers, shaping the questions, analysing the data and deciding what to make of it.
What we’re exploring
How do people, places and technologies shape young people’s AI use?
We’re looking at how relationships, personal knowledge, physical spaces, school rules, home expectations and the technologies themselves all work together to shape how young people experience and use generative AI.
What does AI literacy look like in young people’s real lives?
Rather than assuming we already know what it means to be literate in AI, we’re working with young people to understand what knowledge, skills and understanding actually matter in their everyday encounters with it.
How can AI literacy support reflect that complexity?
By exploring young people’s AI use with them in detail, we can suggest how educational frameworks, guidance and support could become more relevant and more useful.
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