What Roles Should Teachers Play in the AI Teaching Era?

AI is revolutionizing education, shifting the focus from whether to use AI to how to leverage it in teaching. Experts at the 2026 World Digital Education Conference discussed teachers’ irreplaceable roles amid booming AI education.

Instead of worrying about being replaced, teachers need to upgrade digital literacy, realize human-AI collaborative teaching, and guide students to use AI properly. They should safeguard students’ independent thinking and serve as both professional instructors and moral mentors in the AI era.（Picture by AI）

By Wang Jingxuan Wang Yu,Wang Ziyuan,Xu Yichen(intern)/ China Youth Daily