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Artificial intelligence is increasingly presented as a tool for improving efficiency, autonomy, and innovation in education. But what does AI mean for teachers as workers? Beyond the Blackboard offers a critical examination of how artificial intelligence reshapes teaching labour, professional identity, and autonomy. Drawing on empirical research and critical theory, the book explores how AI driven systems influence teachers' control over their work, their relationship to educational outcomes, and their sense of meaning and fulfilment within institutional settings. Grounded in Marxist theories of alienation and contemporary debates in AI ethics, the book analyses education not simply as a site of technological adoption, but as a workplace increasingly shaped by algorithmic management, performance metrics, and data driven governance. It challenges optimistic narratives that frame AI as inherently empowering, instead asking how structural conditions shape teachers' lived experiences of technological change. Written in an accessible but academically rigorous style, Beyond the Blackboard will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students, educators, and policymakers concerned with artificial intelligence in education, teacher autonomy, and the ethical implications of educational technology. The book contributes to ongoing discussions in educational philosophy, AI ethics, and the political economy of education by foregrounding labour, power, and alienation in the age of intelligent systems. This work is a revised and lightly edited version of the author's doctoral dissertation.

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""An incisive and intellectually serious examination of how artificial intelligence reshapes teaching labour, autonomy, and professional identity. The book offers a rare combination of empirical grounding and critical theoretical depth."" - Educational researcher ""Beyond the Blackboard brings Marxist accounts of alienation into sharp dialogue with contemporary debates on AI in education, offering a rigorous and unsettling analysis of technological governance in schools."" - Scholar of philosophy of education ""This work avoids technological hype and instead asks the harder questions about power, control, and meaning in educational practice. It is a valuable contribution to critical studies of educational technology."" - Higher education lecturer ""Clear, methodologically grounded, and theoretically ambitious, this book will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students concerned with the ethical and social implications of AI in institutional settings."" - Academic reviewer

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Ahmet Küçükuncular is a philosopher of technology and educator whose work examines artificial intelligence, labour, and alienation in education. He holds a PhD from the Swiss School of Business Research and has published peer reviewed research on AI ethics, teacher autonomy, and the political economy of educational technology. His work draws on critical theory, particularly Marxist accounts of labour and alienation, to analyse how AI reshapes professional identity, control, and meaning in teaching. Alongside his academic work, he has experience in entrepreneurship and education, informing his interdisciplinary approach to technology and work.Website: www.akucukuncular.com

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