International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR)

Teachers’ Preparedness for GenAI Integration in Education: A Pilot Study

The present work elucidated preparedness for generative artificial intelligence integration into education among teachers. With the rapid technological advancement in AI, the way teachers delivered education in classroom was changing the way education was delivered in the classrooms , undergoing a profound transformation. The researcher's sample consisted of 60 teachers with a mean age of 29.33 years all employed in urban schools with technological availability. Careers adapt ability short form scale (CAAS-SF) and readiness for artificial intelligence scale (RAIS) was used to measure the variable. To assess the relationship between the two variables, a correlation analysis was performed. A significant positive correlation was noted between technological self-efficacy (domain of readiness for AI) and concern and confidence (domains of career adaptability). Ethical awareness- a domain of readiness for AI was also positively correlated with control (domain of readiness for AI). The results of this research could be used to curate teachers’ training programmes for proper AI use and policy making and ethics regarding AI. Several key limitations of the research were that sample size was limited since the researcher's sample consisted predominantly of females, male populations weren’t taken into consideration, and since the researcher's study was done on urban schoolteachers, other localities was also ignored. Also, since the researcher did cross sectional study, cause effect relationship between career adaptability and AI readiness could not be established so the researcher's results could not be generalised but was right for the researcher's current research question. Keywords- preparedness, generative artificial intelligence, cross sectional study, career adaptability, ai readiness