Lärares uppfattningar om hur Artificiell intelligens påverkar deras undervisning om källkritik : En studie om hur lärare upplever AI:s påverkan på undervisning av källkritik i samhällskunskap för elever på lågstadiet

Sammanfattning

The aim of this qualitative study is to examine and deep dive into how teachers perceive the effects of artificial intelligence in their teaching of source criticism in social science for elementary school students. The study takes place in four classrooms where we got an in depth look into how the teachers reason and perceive the impact of AI as well as how they tackle it in their classrooms. The theoretical framework that forms the basis for the study rests on the unanimous idea among previous researchers that artificial intelligence is strongly rooted in today's society. The targeted age group is highly affected by this and needs according to research knowledge about misinformation and how to spot it, all with the goal to become critical thinking citizens. The main ideas in this study are Dewey's definition on critical thinking as a vital societal ability and Nygren who has researched source criticism and its effects on education. The four elementary social science teachers participated in semi-structured interviews and their statements were analyzed and processed by the authors of this essay. The process was done separately to then be compared against one another to make sure we got the most accurate interpretations and quotations of the statements. When compiling the statements we quickly saw patterns of an overall positive view on AI and its possibilities but also the difficulties of teaching without any guidelines on what, how and why to teach about it. Therefore the teachers found themselves not teaching about it at the extent that research shows being beneficial but rather quick and sudden elements of it in their teaching without much thought and planning behind it. Even though they all agreed and saw the impact of AI and how the students struggle making sense of what they saw on social media, the teachers found themselves a bit hesitant to bring it into their classroom on the grounds of it being too complex for such young students.