The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Inclusive Education: Opportunities and Challenges | Chapter 3 | Language, Literature and Education: Research Updates Vol. 5

It is an undisputed fact that artificial intelligence (AI) is extensively used in the field of education and offers numerous opportunities in teaching and learning. For example, it is used to impart knowledge, stimulate comprehension, and heighten intelligence. Moreover, it is treasured as a substantial support in teaching and learning. It is also instrumental in empowering and inspiring students. Artificial Intelligence allows computer systems and machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. Some of these include problem-solving and decision-making. Hence, it can learn from data and augment its performance over time and is instrumental in addressing complex scenarios by identifying patterns and making predictions. It can also make decisions based on available data and pre-programmed logic. The emergence of AI also has a positive impact on inclusive education. The general concept of inclusive education ensures that all students, regardless of background, learning abilities, or disabilities, have equal access to quality educational opportunities. It is basically concerned about creating proper learning environments where everyone feels welcome, valued, and supported, allowing them to participate and thrive in their own unique ways. Since these technologies can potentially transform teaching and learning, it is important to understand how they can be used to further advance inclusive education. Some of the challenges with AI are the lack of diversity and representation in the development and deployment of AI systems. This can lead to biased AI models that perpetuate existing social inequalities and exclude certain groups of people from benefits and opportunities. This literature-based research analysed some advantages and challenges of incorporating AI in teaching and learning and highlighted how it influences inclusion. Based on the literature, some of the advantages of AI are improved performance of students, motivation, and encouragement of students. This review also identified some challenges associated with the use of AI for inclusive education, such as technological difficulties, poor connectivity, pedagogical issues, and limitations of the database. Some recommendations are proposed to address these challenges. This research can assist educators, parents, students, government officials, and policymakers in making proper decisions on the effective use of AI and inclusion.

 

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Gabriel Julie
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Global Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.

 

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The Impact of Workplace Inequality and Discrimination on Individual Development and Organisational Performance: A Case Study of Durban’s Hospitality Sector, South Africa | Book Publisher International

Workplaces now consist of many cultures. This varied work environment allows employers opportunities to generate strategies that value diversity while eliminating workplace disparity and prejudice. This research examines the impact of workplace inequality and discrimination on individual development and organizational performance within the hospitality sector in Durban, South Africa.  Using a qualitative approach, the study explores employees' lived experiences through interviews, observations, and thematic analysis with NVivo software. The interviews were conducted face-to-face, audio-recorded, and transcribed. Findings reveal four major themes—recruitment practices, emotional responses, workplace discrimination, and inequality—underscoring the persistence of systemic racism and exploitation, particularly affecting Black employees, women, and foreign workers. The study highlights the negative repercussions on employee motivation, productivity, and organizational performance. According to the results, (95%) of participants say inequality and discrimination are serious against black people, in the hotel Industry. Most feel apartheid has not yet ended in South Africa. The results also show that (80%) of the participants find no relevance in learning or developing themselves in a toxic environment. Findings reveal four major themes—recruitment practices, emotional responses, workplace discrimination, and inequality—underscoring the persistence of systemic racism and exploitation, particularly affecting Black employees, women, and foreign workers. The study highlights the negative repercussions on employee motivation, productivity, and organizational performance.  Workers who are discriminated against suffer from low self-esteem and are traumatised. Emotional impact results in a lack of motivation, demoralisation, depression, etc. The social impact results in stress, poor relationships, and poor productivity. The lack of transparency reduces employee participation and turns them into an organisation's enemy. Practical recommendations include strengthening diversity management. The government must revisit its position on racism, enforce anti-discrimination policies, and enhance systematic training programs to foster inclusivity. These findings contribute valuable insights for HR managers, trade unions, and policymakers to address workplace disparities in the South African hotel industry.

 

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Dr. Nyamupachari Vareta
Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

 

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Studies on Two Supreme Principles of Plato’s Cosmos: The One and the Indefinite Dyad—The Division of a Straight Line into Extreme and Mean Ratio, and Pingala’s Mātrāmeru| Chapter 6 | Current Topics on Mathematics and Computer Science Vol. 1

 In this survey, we look at some findings regarding the behavior of the resolvent of a weighted shift operator. The relationship between the coefficients of the mentioned operators, the behavior of the Cesaro averages, and the behavior of the resolvent were all taken into account. a/b + b)/a = a/b When applied to linear geometry, this equal proportion corresponds to what Euclid referred to as the Division into Extreme and Mean Ratio (DEMR) or The Golden Proportion. In fact, according to my mathematical interpretation, Plato uses Pingala's Mtrmeru or The First Analogy of the Double to shape the body of the Cosmos as a whole, to the point of identifying the two supreme principles of the Cosmos—the One (1) and the Indefinite Dyad (and1/)—with the DEMR in the Timaeus 32b and the Epinomis 991 a–b. As a result, Fire and Earth are linked by two Mean Ratios rather than one (namely, Air and Water). Furthermore, using the Platonic approach to analyze the geometric properties of the Cosmos as a whole, I believe Timaeus built the 12 pentagonal faces of the Dodecahedron using elementary Golden Triangles (a/b = ) and the Mtrmeru sequence. This would also demonstrate that my mathematical interpretation of the platonic texts is at the very least plausible. Plato most likely refers to the Line of the Horizon paradigm in his Republic when he speaks of the Divided Line to explain his cosmological doctrine of ideas.

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Maria Antonietta Salamone
Department of Philosophy and Society, Faculty of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

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