Viberg, Olga;
Cukurova, Mutlu;
Feldman-Maggor, Yael;
Alexandron, Giora;
Shirai, Shizuka;
Kanemune, Susumu;
Wasson, Barbara;
... Kizilcec, René F; + view all
(2023)
Teachers' trust and perceptions of AI in education: The role of culture and AI self-efficacy in six countries.
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Abstract
AI-based educational technology (AI-EdTech) is increasingly adopted in K-12 education. Teachers play a critical role in this process as they are expected to use AI-EdTech in ways that support their teaching practice and students' learning outcomes. Teachers' willingness to meaningfully integrate these technologies into their everyday educational activities depends on their attitudes toward AI-EdTech. We surveyed 508 K-12 teachers in six countries across four continents (Brazil, Israel, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA) about the perceived benefits of, concerns about, and trust in AI-EdTech. We examine demographic, geo-cultural, professional, and psychological factors that might influence teachers' attitudes. Our results showed that teachers with higher AI understanding and self-efficacy perceive more benefits, fewer concerns, and stronger trust. We also found geographic and cultural differences in teachers' attitudes, including their trust in AI-EdTech, but no demographic differences emerged based on their age, gender, or level of education. The findings provide a comprehensive, international account of factors influencing teachers' attitudes toward AI-EdTech. Efforts to raise teachers' understanding of, and trust in AI-EdTech, while considering their cultural values are encouraged to support its adoption in K-12 education.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Teachers' trust and perceptions of AI in education: The role of culture and AI self-efficacy in six countries |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2312.01627 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access paper published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Education, Teachers, Attitudes, Trust, Culture, Survey |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184606 |
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