To get ready for future society with artificial intelligence, our educators need not only new analytical skillsets for beyond-the-data effectiveness, new multidimensional designs of teaching and learning, but also new research methods, as well as new philosophy of technology in education, and new frameworks of approach to socio-educational changes.
Almost every day, we have learned that the combination of social media ubiquity, technological permeation, AI immersion, lack of privacy, and out-of-controlled sectors can go the negative way, for example freedom of speech and expression as well as other human rights are undermined by a flood of fake news generated by A.I. products (Risse, 2019), and that AI has today an unimaginable power to shape human activity and society (Cath et al., 2017). In fact, most schools of education around the world are not well equipped to have discussions and keep current on the rapid growth of A.I. in many aspects of society and economy. They either ignore the conversation, or simply attack the entire enterprise of A.I. in education (Blikstein, 2018), but these attacks are not stopping wide dissemination of various types of A.I. in education projects in schools, mainly driven by corporations, entrepreneurialism (Knox, 2019). In such scenario of negative impacts of too fast growing AI, with its technological concepts, onto the current and future problems of education, a new bridge between A.I. scientist preparation and teacher preparation are urgently necessitated, conditioned by metaphysics overcoming.
Dr. Son T. H. Pham is an innovative researcher and analytical administrator. His work experience includes 15+ years in higher education, N.G.O., and business sectors. His activist and scholar interests center on bridging the gap between technology and education. Dr. Pham (2018) avows that "Scholar-practitioner is the bell-toller for interconnected beings."
Practice and Research Interests
• Teacher preparation with technology, and curriculum design with artificial intelligence for diversity, inclusivity, equity, peace, and globalization
• Institutional effectiveness with metrics, analytics and accreditation
• Innovation and transformation project leadership
• Change management, student experience, branding and internationalization on campus
• College ready, career choice, global citizenship, and immigrant hardship preparation
• Pragmatism, phenomenology, and philosophy of technology in education
Education
1. Doctor of Education, Stephen F Austin State University, Texas, 2021
- Major: Educational Leadership
- Dissertation: Get ready for future education: A phenomenological study on A.I.
2. Master of Science, Skema Business School, France (scholarship awarded), 2006
- Major: International Project Leadership
3. MBA, Centre Franco-Vietnamien de Formation à la Gestion (CFVG), France and Vietnam, 2006
- Major: Marketing and Operation
4. Bachelor of Art in Foreign Trade, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2002
- Major: Foreign Trade
5. Diploma of Computer Technology, University of Technology Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2000
- Major: Data management
Academic peer-reviewed publications:
• Pham, S. T. H. (2024). Exploring the lived experience of educators and philosophers in the phenomenon of artificial intelligence in education. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Pham, S. T. H. (2023, Mar 25-29) Artificial intelligence and teacher preparation: How to bridge the gap? [Paper Session]. Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL.
• Pham, S. T. H. (2022, Oct 19 -21). Change management for campus: A practice model [Paper Session]. Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference (NERA) Annual Meeting, Trumbull, CT.
• Pham, S. T. H., & Sampson, P. (2022). The development of artificial intelligence in education: A review in context. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12687
• Pham, S. T. H. (2022, April 11-15). Multi-dimensional thinking literacy through learning to code: An urgent request for current school leaders [Paper Session]. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
• Pham, S. T. H. (2022, Feb 14-16). Transformational leadership: A research-based framework for practical project management in educational institutions [Paper Session]. Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
• Pham, S. T. H. (2021). The distinctions of Heideggerian phenomenological research method. Qualitative Research Journal. Doi:10.1108/QRJ-09-2021-0093
• Pham, S. T. H. (2021, Oct 13 - 15). Three distinctions of the Heideggerian phenomenological research method [Paper Session]. Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference (NERA) Annual Meeting, Trumbull, CT.
• Pham, S. T. H. (2021), Get ready for future education: A phenomenological study on artificial intelligence (Doctoral dissertation). https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/362
• Vagle, M. D., Shelton, S., Bullock, E. C., Hughes, H. E., Phan, T. A., Bui, B. C., Pham, S. T. & Howard, C. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Methodological stuckness in working with data and writing [Paper Session]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• McElyea, R. J., Pham, S. T. H., & Adkins, D. G. (2018, February). Lack of gender parity in STEM careers: A discourse analysis [Paper Session]. Southwest Educational Research Association Conference (SERA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Books:
• Pham, S. T. H. (2023). On Artificial Intelligence: A poetic definition. Kindle Edition. Available on Amazon.
• Pham, Son Tan Hoang (2023). An Easy Explanation of Artificial Intelligence for People from Any Field: A common ground for any discussion about artificial intelligence in the twenty first century. ISBN: 979-8392534494. Available on Amazon.
Translations: Educational research books in Vietnamese:
o Arum, R. & Roksa, J. (2018). Bất định về học thuật: Tình trạng học tập hạn chế trong trường đại học [Academically adrift: Limited learning on college campuses]. (S. T. H. Pham, Trans.). Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Hoa Sen University Press.
o Baker, D. P. & LeTendre, G. K. (2009). Khác biệt quốc gia, đồng dạng toàn cầu: Văn hóa thế giới và tương lai của giáo dục học đường [National differences, global similarities: World culture and the future of schooling]. (S. T. H. Pham, Trans.). Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Hoa Sen University Press.
Non Academic writings:
- Phạm Tấn Hoàng Sơn (4/2023). AI "đoán" tính cách và hành vi của bạn như thế nào? Tuổi Trẻ Cuối Tuần (28/4/2023).
- Phạm Tấn Hoàng Sơn (3/2023). Trí tuệ nhân tạo có thể làm giáo dục thêm khủng hoảng. Tuổi Trẻ Cuối Tuần (20/3/2023).
Discussant
• EngageAI Forum 2024, Collaboratively Shaping the Future of AI: Lessons Learned and Emerging Opportunities, Raleigh, North Carolina
• AERA 2024 Workshop, Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education: Putting Theory to Work, Philadelphia, VA
• CIRCLS'23 Convening, Shaping AI and Emerging Technologies to Empower Learning Communities, Alexandria, Virginia
Presentation
• Pham, S. T. H. (Presenter & Author). Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Preparation: Where is the gap? Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Summer Conference, Nashville, TN (July 31, 2022).
• Pham, S. T. H. (Presenter & Author). American thoughts with socio-educational movements in the 20th century. In the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP) section, at the American Philosophical Association (APA) Annual Meeting Eastern Division, Baltimore, MD. (Jan, 2022).
• Pham, S. T. H. (Presenter & Author). Doing Qualitative Research Using Phenomenological Inquiry: An approach from Heidegger's standpoint. The 6th World Conference on Qualitative Research (WCQR) Annual Meeting, Online (Jan, 2022).
• Pham, S. T. H. (Presenter & Author). International branding in higher education: Different perspectives by institutional experience and institutional size. Poster presented at the SFASU Graduate Research Conference, Nacogdoches, TX. (Mar, 2020).
• Pham, S. T. H. (Presenter & Author). Ethics in AIED: Wheels in computer scientists’ heads?. In W., Holmes (Chair), Ethics in AIED: Who cares? workshop, at the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Chicago, IL. (June, 2019)
• ATE: Association of Teacher Educators (2022 – now)
• APA: American Philosophy Association (2021 – now)
• SITE: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (2021 – now)
• JDS: John Dewey Society (2020 – now)
• AERA: American Educational Research Association (2018 – now)
• NERA: Northeastern Educational Research Association (2019 – now)
• IAIED: International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (2018 – now)
• UCEA: University Council for Educational Administration (2018 – now)
• TASA: Texas Association of School Administrators (2017 – 2020)
• SERA: Southwest Educational Research Association (2017 – 2018)
• PMI: Project Management Institute (2005 – 2007)
Publicity Co-chair, Organizing Committee for the 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Brazil, AIED 2024 (https://www.aied2024.org/organization/general-organization)
Publicity Co-chair, Organizing Committee for the 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Japan, AIED 2023 (https://www.aied2023.org/organizing_committee.html)
Associate Editor, Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education (ojed.org/jcihe)
Reviewer roles for research and academic journals:
• Education and Information Technologies
• Qualitative Research Journal
• Journal of Education and Information Technologies
• International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Active roles in global professional societies:
- Science Communications Officer, International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (IAIED.org)
- Officer, AERA Critical Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education SIG, American Educational Research Association
- Member of ATE Inquiry Initiative, A Collaborative Exploration of Opportunity Gaps in Education, Association of Teacher Educators (ate1.org)
- Committee member, NERA Educator-As-Researcher Award committee, Northeastern Educational Research Association (nera-education.org)
Free online courses:
- Innovation, change and transformation leadership for institutions (coming soon)
- Branding, marketing, and supply chain administration for education and N.G.O organizations (coming soon)
- Project management for everyday life (coming soon)
- Vietnamese for foreigners, from beginner to advance levels (coming soon)
- Vietnamese identity: culture, history, and wars (coming soon)
- Study abroad early preparation (coming soon)
- Immigration challenges from multiple perspectives (coming soon)
- Action research in education (coming soon)
- Archaeology of Happiness (coming soon)
- Qualitative research methods (coming soon)
- Quantitative research methods (coming soon)
- Phenomenological inquiry with Heidegger (coming soon)
- Thinking with pragmatism way by John Dewey (coming soon)
Watchdog following research initiative projects:
- Digital equity education roundtables (https://tech.ed.gov/deer/)
- Digital learning platforms to enable efficient education research network (https://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/program.asp?ProgID=2119)
- Viet cultural identity in the more globalizing world
• OccuOri®, an AI-powered Occupational Orientation tools (www.occuori.com)
• AI Literacy for Educational Leadership: Perceptions of AI Integration in K12 Schools
(IRB number: 24-609)
• Wonder in Education (Equitable Learning Opportunities, Inquiry Initiative (Association of Teacher Educators: ATE)
• Personal Grading Assistant, an AI-powered tool for teachers
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