Assessment of Intelligent Teaching Preparation of EFL Teachers: Based on Two-Year Data Comparison

Abstract

In order to guide the effective application of artificial intelligence (AI) in education (AIEd), China has set up a number of national AI education demonstration areas (AIEDA). Teachers in this AIEDA have carried out action research about AIEd for over two years. For the purpose of assessing teachers’ intelligent teaching preparation during the process, we conducted consecutive two years of evaluation through questionnaires and AI-based teaching platform data. This study developed a questionnaire of teachers’ intelligent teaching preparation, including teachers’ perception of and behavioral intention to AIEd, AI technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK), and AI ethics knowledge. Besides, the data obtained from an AI-based teaching platform were analyzed, which indicated teachers’ acceptance and trust towards AIEd. A total of 101 valid samples of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers participated in data collection for two years. The results showed that teachers’ trust in AIEd increased, but their effort expectancy and perception of facilitating conditions of AIEd decreased; Teachers’ AI ethics knowledge increased, while their self-report TPACK decreased.