Where Meaningful Human Learning Can Occur

Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (Second Edition) by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson
Johns Hopkins University Press, December 2, 2025

“Teaching with AI is not about replacing human learning, but about redesigning learning so that human judgment matters more, not less,” write José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson in Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. Bowen and Watson astutely point out that instead of approaching AI as a crisis that needs to be managed, the emphasis should be put on prioritizing authentic, visible learning in the classroom. They suggest that contrary to popular belief, AI has not introduced new problems to the world of education. Instead, it has made several long-standing issues even harder to ignore. These problems include unclear learning goals, assignments that favor product over process, and assessments that generally equate excellent grades with understanding. Throughout the book, Bowen and Watson offer practical guidance for redesigning courses and assessments in ways that value process and transfer. Grounded in the perspective of experienced educators, Teaching with AI ultimately reads less as a manual for managing new technologies and more as an invitation to teachers and school leaders to move beyond policing tools and toward designing learning environments where meaningful human learning can occur.