ERIC Number: EJ1473193
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2357
EISSN: EISSN-1573-7608
Available Date: 2024-12-17
Teachers' Perspectives of Integrating AI Powered Technologies in K-12 Education for Creating Customized Learning Materials and Resources
Education and Information Technologies, v30 n8 p10343-10371 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the education landscape, emerging as a potent catalyst for enhancing student learning experiences. However, this integration has sparked diverse perspectives, with supporters applauding its transformative potential and opponents raising concerns about AI ethics, misuse, and value alignment. Teachers play a pivotal role in the successful integration of AI into curricula, yet the approaches employed and challenges faced by K-12 educators remain relatively unexplored, particularly in Arab countries where AI tools are predominantly developed by English corporations. This study delved into K-12 teachers' perspectives, illuminating the current approaches, challenges, and proposals for integrating AI-powered technologies into customized learning materials. Through a qualitative methodology, rich data were collected from audio-visual materials and 19 semi-structured interviews with K-12 teachers adept in leveraging AI to enrich their students' learning journeys. A rigorous thematic analysis, guided by the research questions, unveiled four main AI approaches: (1) cultivating AI literacy, (2) developing essential soft skills, (3) utilizing AI for extracurricular enrichment, and (4) enhancing student performance. Moreover, the study identified six pivotal challenges and seven proposed innovative strategies to overcome them. Notably, AI tools must continually evolve to provide equitable educational opportunities for all students, irrespective of their abilities, ensuring no learner is left behind in this transformative era.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Teacher Developed Materials, Instructional Materials, Material Development, Ethics, Integrated Curriculum, Arabs, Digital Literacy, Soft Skills, Extracurricular Activities, Enrichment Activities, Academic Achievement, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1King Saud University, College of Education, Department of Educational Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia