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Case ReportPublished qualitative study2025
AAB-CASE-2025-RV-055

Pre-service teachers preparedness for AI-integrated education: An investigation from perceptions, capabilities, and teachers’ identity changes

CAEAI; EdUHK; pre-service AI-integrated K-12 readiness.

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Implementation

Education University of Hong Kong

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Learning context

Private program

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AI role

Co-creator

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Outcome signal

Identity

Registry Facets

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Education Level
  • Higher education
Subject Area
  • Teacher professional development
  • AI literacy
Use Case Type
  • Interview study
Stakeholder Group
  • Teachers
AI Capability Type
  • Broad
  • Ethics and society
Implementation Model
  • Classroom-level
Evidence Type
  • Qualitative
Outcomes Domain
  • Identity
  • Self-efficacy

Implementing Organization

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Organization Type

Education University of Hong Kong

Location

Hong Kong SAR, China

Primary Facilitator Role

Researchers

Learning Context

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Setting Type
  • Private program
Session Format

Semi-structured interviews

Duration

Qualitative study

Group Size

24 pre-service teachers

Devices

AI in education (general integration)

Constraints
  • Small sample
  • Confucian cultural context noted in keywords

Learner Profile

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Age Range

Pre-service teachers

Prior AI Exposure Assumed

Emerging

Prior Programming Background Assumed

Varies

Educational Intent

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Primary Learning Goals
  • Map perceptions, self-efficacy, AI literacy, and identity shifts
Secondary Learning Goals
  • Inform collaborative vs mechanical AI integration in teacher prep
What This Was Not
  • Not randomized PD trial

AI Tool Description

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Tool Type

AI-integrated K-12 teaching (general)

AI Role
  • Co-creator
  • Tutor
Languages

Hong Kong

User Interaction Model
  • Teachers describe when and how they use AI
Safeguards
  • Ethics and fundamentals gaps must be closed in programs

Activity Design

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Activity Flow
  • Interviews
  • Thematic analysis
Human Vs AI Responsibilities
  • Prepare teachers for dynamic collaboration, not tool-only use
Scaffolding Strategies
  • Identity-aware teacher education

Observed Challenges

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Educators Reported
  • Mechanistic view of AI limits collaborative integration
  • Need deeper AI literacy and ethics in prep programs

Design Adaptations

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Adaptations
  • Links social cognitive theory to changing teacher roles

Reported Outcomes

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Engagement
    Learning Signals
      Educators Reflection

      Concrete teacher-training demands for AI-integrated classrooms.

      Ethical & Privacy Considerations

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      Privacy
      • Interview confidentiality
      • Cultural sensitivity

      Evidence Type

      11
      Evidence
      • Activity documentation
      • Practitioner observation

      Relevance to Research

      12
      Potential Research Use
      • Scale with surveys + classroom observations
      • Cross-cultural comparison
      Relevant Research Domains
      • Pre-service teachers
      • AI integration
      • Identity

      Case Status

      13
      Case Status
      • Completed

      AAB Classification Tags

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      Age

      Adults (pre-service)

      Setting

      Hong Kong

      AI Function

      Integration readiness

      Pedagogy

      Qualitative

      Risk Level

      Low

      Data Sensitivity

      Medium

      Registry Metadata

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      Case ID
      AAB-CASE-2025-RV-055
      Publication Status
      Published qualitative study
      Tags
      caseHigher educationHong Kong SAR, ChinaClassroom-levelBroadTeacher professional developmentAI literacyInterview study