An Examination of Pre-service Teachers’ Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence, Competencies, Attitudes, and Anxieties During Technology Integration in Science Education

Project no. 33085 · Status: Kapanmış · 2025

Summary

<p>The&nbsp;integration&nbsp;of&nbsp;artificial&nbsp;intelligence&nbsp;(AI)&nbsp;within&nbsp;educational&nbsp;frameworks&nbsp;has&nbsp;the&nbsp;potential&nbsp;to&nbsp;enhance&nbsp;the&nbsp;relevance&nbsp;and&nbsp;appeal&nbsp;of&nbsp;learning&nbsp;experiences&nbsp;by&nbsp;providing&nbsp;adaptive&nbsp;learning&nbsp;opportunities&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;aligned&nbsp;with&nbsp;students'&nbsp;individual&nbsp;academic&nbsp;aptitudes&nbsp;and&nbsp;levels.&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;context&nbsp;of&nbsp;science&nbsp;education,&nbsp;in&nbsp;particular,&nbsp;AI&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;shown&nbsp;to&nbsp;facilitate&nbsp;student&nbsp;comprehension&nbsp;of&nbsp;complex&nbsp;and&nbsp;abstract&nbsp;concepts&nbsp;by&nbsp;offering&nbsp;personalised&nbsp;learning&nbsp;experiences.&nbsp;In&nbsp;this&nbsp;context,&nbsp;the&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;current&nbsp;state&nbsp;of&nbsp;preservice&nbsp;science&nbsp;teachers&nbsp;is&nbsp;deemed&nbsp;crucial&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;prerequisite&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;development&nbsp;process&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;STEM-focused&nbsp;generative&nbsp;AI&nbsp;program&nbsp;intended&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;designed&nbsp;for&nbsp;them.&nbsp;The&nbsp;present&nbsp;preliminary&nbsp;study&nbsp;aims&nbsp;to&nbsp;investigate&nbsp;the&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;generative&nbsp;AI&nbsp;by&nbsp;preservice&nbsp;science&nbsp;teachers,&nbsp;in&nbsp;addition&nbsp;to&nbsp;their&nbsp;competencies,&nbsp;attitudes,&nbsp;anxieties,&nbsp;and&nbsp;views&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;integration&nbsp;of&nbsp;AI&nbsp;in&nbsp;science&nbsp;instruction.&nbsp;The&nbsp;quantitative&nbsp;phase&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;mixed-methods&nbsp;study&nbsp;was&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;with&nbsp;187&nbsp;undergraduate&nbsp;students&nbsp;enrolled&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Department&nbsp;of&nbsp;Science&nbsp;Education&nbsp;at&nbsp;Ege&nbsp;University&nbsp;and&nbsp;Aydın&nbsp;Adnan&nbsp;Menderes&nbsp;University,&nbsp;while&nbsp;the&nbsp;qualitative&nbsp;phase&nbsp;was&nbsp;carried&nbsp;out&nbsp;with&nbsp;11&nbsp;undergraduate&nbsp;students.&nbsp;The&nbsp;findings&nbsp;indicated&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;majority&nbsp;of&nbsp;teacher&nbsp;candidates&nbsp;had&nbsp;not&nbsp;previously&nbsp;received&nbsp;training&nbsp;in&nbsp;AI&nbsp;but&nbsp;were&nbsp;partially&nbsp;familiar&nbsp;with&nbsp;it;&nbsp;they&nbsp;frequently&nbsp;used&nbsp;AI&nbsp;tools;&nbsp;they&nbsp;preferred&nbsp;Chat&nbsp;GPT&nbsp;the&nbsp;most;&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;used&nbsp;it&nbsp;mostly&nbsp;for&nbsp;assignments,&nbsp;projects,&nbsp;and&nbsp;course&nbsp;material&nbsp;studies.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additionally,&nbsp;the&nbsp;participants&nbsp;exhibit&nbsp;a&nbsp;moderate-to-high&nbsp;level&nbsp;of&nbsp;perceived&nbsp;competency&nbsp;and&nbsp;usage&nbsp;of&nbsp;generative&nbsp;AI.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;anticipated&nbsp;that&nbsp;this&nbsp;research&nbsp;will&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;practice-based&nbsp;strategies&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;responsible&nbsp;and&nbsp;conscious&nbsp;integration&nbsp;of&nbsp;generative&nbsp;AI,&nbsp;specifically&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;field&nbsp;of&nbsp;science&nbsp;education.</p><p><strong>Keywords:&nbsp;</strong>Artificial&nbsp;Intelligence,&nbsp;Science&nbsp;Education,&nbsp;STEM,&nbsp;Teacher&nbsp;Education,&nbsp;Preservice&nbsp;Teachers</p>

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