Systemic Thinking as an Ethical Stance: A Critical Assessment of Artificial Intelligence and Education in the Global South

Authors

  • Marcos Antonio Soares Andrade Filho Univisa - Centro Universitário da Vitória de Santo Antão | IFPE - Instituto Federal de Pernambuco Author

Keywords:

artificial intelligence, education, Global South, systems thinking, educational transformation

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence and Education in the Global South: A Systems Perspective positions artificial intelligence (AI) not as an autonomous solution but as a sociotechnical component whose educational value depends on systemic alignment with curriculum, teacher development, assessment, governance, and local conditions. This review examines the book's core distinction between educational improvement and transformation, its methodological transparency regarding an uneven evidence base, and its sustained defence of human agency in AI-integrated systems. Three limitations are identified: a dependency on a still-emergent and geographically skewed literature; a breadth-over-depth tension inherent in covering nine educational domains in a single volume; and the risk of theoretical homogenization under the "Global South" category. Despite these limitations, the book provides a rigorous, equity-oriented analytical framework that is essential reading for education researchers, policymakers, teacher educators, and technology developers engaging with AI integration in under-resourced systems.

Author Biography

  • Marcos Antonio Soares Andrade Filho, Univisa - Centro Universitário da Vitória de Santo Antão | IFPE - Instituto Federal de Pernambuco

    Portuguese Language lecturer at IFPE – Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão Campus (Pernambuco, Brazil), and a lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literature, specialising in Literary Theory, at UNIVISA – University Centre of Vitória de Santo Antão (Pernambuco, Brazil). He is a Master’s candidate in Education at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Spain. His research focuses on the intersections of Education, Language and Digital Technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence in education and research, teacher education, literary theory and literature teaching.

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2026-08-30

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Ethics, Governance, and the Humanities in the Age of Digital Technologies

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Systemic Thinking as an Ethical Stance: A Critical Assessment of Artificial Intelligence and Education in the Global South. (2026). Global Review of Social Sciences, Education and Humanities, 1(1). https://journals.pembrokecollins.com/index.php/grsseh/article/view/22