Factors Shaping Teacher AI Use

Excellent Educator, ISSN: 3048-9121 (Online) Volume 2-23 December 1, 2025 …………….………………………………….................................................................................................. .……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Visit Excellent Educator Online @ hps://www.excellent-educator.org Factors Shaping Teacher AI Use Summary of Filiz et al., (2025) This exploratory study analyzes reflecons from 66 Turkish K–12 teachers who parcipated in AI-integraon professional development. Teachers expressed opmism about AI’s ability to personalize instrucon, reduce planning me, enhance engagement, and support feedback. Many appreciated tools like ChatGPT and MagicSchool for generang quesons, summaries, and differenated materials. However, teachers also faced significant challenges: unreliable infrastructure, difficulty aligning AI tasks with curriculum standards, language limitaons, concerns about bias and data privacy, and uncertainty about ethical boundaries for student use. These barriers were categorized into psychological, pedagogical, technical, and cultural domains. The authors argue that successful AI adopon requires much more than tool availability; it demands structured training, policies, locally relevant content, and ongoing support. AI must be adapted to the school’s language, values, and cultural context to ensure safe and meaningful classroom integraon. Implicaons for Pracce 1. Provide connuous, contextualized teacher training in AI pedagogy. 2. Align AI-generated resources with curriculum outcomes. 3. Strengthen infrastructure and language-localizaon support. 4. Establish ethical guidelines for classroom AI use. Table 2.23.6 Item Details Context Türkiye Design Qualitave Parcipants 66 teachers Focus AI in K–12 Contribuon Adopon barriers & enablers Reference Filiz, O., Kaya, M. H., & Adiguzel, T. (2025). Teachers and AI: Understanding the factors influencing AI integraon in K-12 educaon. Educaon and Informaon Technologies, 30, 17931–17967. hps://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-025-13463-2 Suggested Citaon Ross, E. M., & Malar, D. B. J. (2025). Factors Shaping Teacher AI Use. Excellent Educator, 2(23), 6. Excellent Educator, Volume: 2, Issue: 2 3 , Page: 6