Publications

Berson, I. R., Berson, M. J., & Luo, W. (2025). Innovating responsibly: Ethical considerations for AI in early childhood education. AI, Brain & Child, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44436-025-00003-5

Sauberer, P. G., Unal, Z., Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2025). Empowering educators with AI: TeacherServer for social studies classrooms. Social Education, 89(2), 100–105.

Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (Eds.). (2025). Child-centered technology innovations: Transforming teaching and learning in the early years. Education Sciences.

Mirabella, A., Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2025). Empowering voices: Implementing ethical practices for young children's assent in digital research. Education Sciences, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15550571

Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2024). Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity. Future in Educational Research, 2(4), 403–421. https://doi.org/10.1002/fer3.46

Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2024). AI in K-12 social studies education: A critical examination of ethical and practical challenges. In A. M. Olney, I. A. Chounta, Z. Liu, O. C. Santos, & I. I. Bittencourt (Eds.), Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2150 (pp. 101-112). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64315-6_8

Berson, M. J., Berson, I. R., Franklin, K. L., Fawley, V., Shank, P. S., Dovi, R. E., Gasca, S., Hochberg, E. D., & Bernstein, D. (2024). Thinking critically, coding creatively: Elevating social studies through inquiry-based learning and computer science integration. Social Education, 88(2), 98-103.

Luo, W., He, H., Liu, J., Berson, I. R., Berson, M. J., Zhou, Y., & Li, H. (2024). Aladdin's Genie or Pandora's Box for early childhood education? Experts chat on the roles, challenges, and developments of ChatGPT. Early Education and Development, 35(1), 96-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2023.2214181

Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2023). The democratization of AI and its transformative potential in social studies education. Social Education, 87(2), 114-118.

Lee, B. C. G., Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2021). Machine learning and the social studies. Social Education, 85(2), 88-92.

Berson, M. J., & Berson, I. R. (2020). Are we forgetting something? Historical memory in a digital age. Social Education, 84(2), 110-112.

Berson, M. J., & Berson, I. R. (2014). Bringing the cybersecurity challenge to the social studies classroom. Social Education, 78(2), 96-100.

Stuckart, D. W., & Berson, M. J. (2009). Artificial intelligence in the social studies. In J. K. Lee & A. M. Friedman (Eds.), Research in social studies and technology (pp. 231-251). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.