AI och skolans nya paradigmskifte : Ämneslärares attityder, kunskaper och erfarenheter kring AI-verktyg i relation till undervisning och betygsgrundande moment

Sammanfattning

The development of AI (artificial intelligence) and AI tools has advanced rapidly and has affected teaching in many ways. For example, The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) now recommends teachers to not use written assignments for grading to ensure that the students have not used AI tools. The purpose of this study was to better understand teachers’ attitudes towards AI tools, their knowledge of them and their experiences of AI tools in relation to their subject specific education and exam methods. The research questions were striving to investigate teachers’ knowledge and use of AI tools in their professional practice, their attitudes towards AI tools, how they have adapted exams and assignments, and how the characteristics of the subjects that the teachers teach affects potential differences in attitudes and exam methods. Seven subject teachers teaching various subjects at the upper secondary and lower secondary levels were interviewed about their attitudes and experiences of AI tools in relation to their teaching through semi-structured interviews. The results showed that teachers generally had limited knowledge about AI tools, despite several of them having participated in professional development regarding AI at their workplaces. The teachers discussed their opinions and experiences regarding AI tools as a tool for cheating, their views on AI tools as a source of knowledge, how AI tools have or will affect schools and the society, how AI tools challenge the teaching role, and their views on using AI tools for assessing student assignments. The teachers also talked about how they have adapted, or not adapted, their exam methods to the development of AI tools and the new recommendations from Skolverket. The results from the interviews were analyzed using the theoretical framework TPACK to break down the teachers' knowledge of AI tools in relation to teaching. In the discussion, the results are compared with previous research, AI tools in relation to teaching are discussed, and suggestions for future research are given.