AI赋能与数字鸿沟：偏远山村儿童教育公平的机遇、挑战与对策

AI Empowerment and the Digital Divide: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies for Educational Equity for Children in Remote Mountain Villages

摘要: 在人工智能技术迅猛发展并深刻重塑教育形态的时代背景下，促进教育公平，尤其是保障偏远山村儿童享有平等优质教育资源，既是重大机遇，也面临严峻挑战。文章聚焦于人工智能(AI)技术在偏远山村教育场域的应用，旨在深入剖析其作为“赋能者”与潜在“鸿沟加剧者”的双重角色。首先，系统阐述了AI通过打破时空限制、提供个性化学习支持、创新教学形式以及赋能乡村教师等方面，为促进教育公平带来的革命性机遇。同时也清醒地认识到，技术的普惠效能并非自动实现。基于此，文章提出三项对策：一是政府主导，夯实“新型基础设施建设”与政策保障；二是多方协同，构建可持续的生态支持系统；三是推动内容创新与教师赋能，突破应用层面的核心瓶颈。通过以上措施，能够有效引导人工智能“跨越山海”，真正服务于偏远山村儿童的教育福祉，进一步推进教育公平的实质性进展。

Abstract: Against the backdrop of the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which is profoundly reshaping the landscape of education, promoting educational equity—especially ensuring that children in remote mountainous villages have access to equal and high-quality educational resources—presents both significant opportunities and severe challenges. This article focuses on the application of AI technology in the educational context of remote mountainous villages, aiming to conduct an in-depth analysis of its dual role as an “empowerer” and a potential “gap exacerbator”. First, it systematically elaborates on the revolutionary opportunities brought by AI for advancing educational equity, including breaking the constraints of time and space, providing personalized learning support, innovating teaching formats, and empowering rural teachers. At the same time, it also clearly recognizes that the inclusive effect of technology does not materialize automatically. Based on this, the article proposes three countermeasures: first, the government takes the lead to reinforce the “new infrastructure construction” and policy support; second, multi-party collaboration builds a sustainable ecological support system; third, promoting content innovation and empowering teachers to break through the core bottlenecks at the application level. Through the aforementioned measures, AI can be effectively guided to “cross mountains and seas”, truly serve the educational well-being of children in remote mountainous villages, and further advance substantive progress in educational equity.