The Application and Challenges of ChatGPT in Preschool Education

Haoyang Lian

doi:10.54097/44k49146

Authors

Haoyang Lian

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/44k49146

Keywords:

ChatGPT, preschool education, Piaget's theory, the pre-operational stage.

Abstract

At present, the application of ChatGPT in education has been widely discussed. However, further research and discussion are needed on how to better integrate artificial intelligence in preschool education for young children aged 3-7 years. This paper analyzes the existing research on the application of AI in young children and concludes that the benefits of AI in preschool education can not only help improve and enrich curriculum design but also contribute to the development of artificial intelligence education. However, there are several challenges associated with AI in preschool children. First, artificial intelligence has limitations in children's language understanding. Second, children's emotional needs may not be satisfied. Last, there are doubts about the rationality of the suggestions made for young children. Based on the Pre-operational Stage of Piaget's children's cognitive development, this paper provides the following insights for the integration of ChatGPT and preschool education. One of the future works for ChatGPT is to combine the multimode to understand children's language. Another approach is to be used as a virtual partner to develop young learners' interpersonal communication and emotional management through scene simulation. Additionally, ChatGPT should provide simple and specific suggestions, according to the cognitive development characteristics of young learners.

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