The Contribution of Artificial Intelligence Education to the Development of Teacher Candidates’ Educator Identities

Project no. 33491 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2026

Summary

<p>The&nbsp;aim&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;study&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;determine&nbsp;the&nbsp;contribution&nbsp;of&nbsp;artificial&nbsp;intelligence&nbsp;(AI)&nbsp;tools&nbsp;training&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;prospective&nbsp;teachers’&nbsp;educator&nbsp;identities.&nbsp;The&nbsp;literature&nbsp;emphasizes&nbsp;the&nbsp;need&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;educational&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;AI&nbsp;tools&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;importance&nbsp;of&nbsp;supporting&nbsp;the&nbsp;professional&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;prospective&nbsp;teachers.&nbsp;Designed&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;holistic&nbsp;single-case&nbsp;study,&nbsp;the&nbsp;research&nbsp;was&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;with&nbsp;32&nbsp;prospective&nbsp;primary&nbsp;school&nbsp;teachers.&nbsp;Within&nbsp;the&nbsp;scope&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;project,&nbsp;a&nbsp;six-week,&nbsp;12-hour&nbsp;training&nbsp;program&nbsp;covering&nbsp;AI&nbsp;ethics&nbsp;and&nbsp;tools,&nbsp;effective&nbsp;prompt&nbsp;writing,&nbsp;lesson&nbsp;and&nbsp;activity&nbsp;design,&nbsp;storybook&nbsp;creation,&nbsp;video&nbsp;production,&nbsp;and&nbsp;educational&nbsp;assessment&nbsp;was&nbsp;implemented&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;spring&nbsp;semester&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;2025–2026&nbsp;academic&nbsp;year.&nbsp;Data&nbsp;were&nbsp;collected&nbsp;using&nbsp;the&nbsp;Generative&nbsp;AI&nbsp;Literacy&nbsp;Scale&nbsp;for&nbsp;Learning,&nbsp;a&nbsp;homework&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;rubric,&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;structured&nbsp;teacher&nbsp;journal.&nbsp;Descriptive&nbsp;statistics&nbsp;and&nbsp;t-tests&nbsp;were&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;analyze&nbsp;the&nbsp;quantitative&nbsp;data,&nbsp;while&nbsp;content&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;was&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;analyze&nbsp;the&nbsp;qualitative&nbsp;data.&nbsp;The&nbsp;findings&nbsp;indicated&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;training&nbsp;positively&nbsp;contributed&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;prospective&nbsp;teachers’&nbsp;educator&nbsp;identities.&nbsp;Prospective&nbsp;teachers&nbsp;reported&nbsp;improvements&nbsp;in&nbsp;areas&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;material&nbsp;development,&nbsp;instructional&nbsp;design,&nbsp;time&nbsp;efficiency,&nbsp;and&nbsp;professional&nbsp;development.&nbsp;This&nbsp;study&nbsp;is&nbsp;expected&nbsp;to&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;literature&nbsp;on&nbsp;prospective&nbsp;teachers’&nbsp;educator&nbsp;identities&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;educational&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;artificial&nbsp;intelligence.</p>

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