Critical AI Literacy in Higher Education
Beyond Hype, Hallucinations and Hoaxes
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:23rd Mar '27
£171.99
This title is due to be published on 23rd March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This seminal volume calls for a robust programme of critical AI literacy and a holistic, critical perspective that ensures technology supports, rather than eclipses, the core intellectual mission of universities and society at large.
Equipping learners, educators, and institutions to wield technology critically, ethically and productively rather than be consumed by it, this book systematically deconstructs eight influential myths about AI, revealing its dependence on hidden human labour, massive data extraction, and corporate-driven mythmaking. Chapters highlight how different parts of teaching, learning, assessment, governance, and graduate employability are all at stake, further exacerbating longstanding crises in higher education. By critiquing AI determinism and insisting that universities actively shape their AI future, the book offers a roadmap: rigorous critique coupled with practical strategies to embed critical AI literacy across curricula. Rather than offering simplistic solutions or outright rejection, the book advocates for critical AI literacy as essential curriculum content, enabling educators and students to distinguish genuine human insight from statistical mimicry while using AI tools judiciously and ethically.
Responding to a clear and pressing need in higher education, given the pervasive yet problematic hype enveloping AI and GenAI in contemporary discourse, this book is essential reading for researchers, policymakers and academics in the fields of artificial intelligence, higher education, educational technology, critical theories of education, and learning sciences.
“This is a book that the world desperately needs, a bracing breath of fresh, critical air. It challenges the dominant narrative that AI exists in a neutral, power-free zone – simply a tool to be used for the betterment of humankind – and uncovers how it is being used to de-skill teachers and sacrifice higher education to market efficiency.”
— Stephen Brookfield, Professor Emeritus, University of St. Thomas, USA
“Even those of us who are optimistic about what AI can do for learning need this book.”
— Rose Luckin CBE, Professor Emerita, University College London, UK
“This is essential reading for anyone in higher education. Rudolph cuts through AI hype with clarity and rigour.”
— James Muldoon, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
“A provocative yet highly scholarly call to arms for everyone in higher education.”
— Khairudin Aljunied, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
“Honest, rigorously researched, and utterly refreshing.”
— Michael A. Cowling, Professor of Educational Technology, RMIT University, Australia
“Chapter 9 belongs on the desk of every academic integrity committee.”
— Mike Perkins, Associate Professor, British University Vietnam, Vietnam
ISBN: 9781041237716
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264 pages