AI as a Teaching Partner: Redefining Educator Roles in the Digital Age

Abstract

This study explores the role of teachers with the advent of AI integration in education. With AI increasingly impacting teaching, we must understand how teachers leverage such change and co-produce quality learning with AI. The aim of this study is to know the redefinition of teachers’ role through appearances, problems and merits of AI usage and still help them to make the most of AI-aided environments. The approach is qualitative and is based on semi-structured interviews carried out with 10 teachers from diverse educational contexts. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants who provided a wide representation varied in term of teaching backgrounds. Key themes and insights were identified thematically through analysis of the data. The result of this research show that AI is transforming the role of educators from instructors delivering knowledge to facilitators, mentors and guides. Teachers understand both benefits and issues behind AI in the classroom However, despite positive views on AI, teachers struggle with too, in particular lack of necessary training and resistance to change but also they have moral and ethical concerns over privacy of data. The study also emphasizes that on-going professional development, collaborative learning communities, and teacher participation in AI design are crucial to the successful incorporation This research  fills the gap and enhances the current knowledge related to the human-AI interaction in education, focusing on the educators' viewpoints. The results provide important implications for policy maker and school leader who is considering to help teachers integrating AI. Finally, this study also offers some perspectives on how AI could be an assisting partner to education, improving teaching and learning experiences overall.

Keywords: AI, Teaching Partner, Educator Roles, Digital Age