Integrating AI tools in teacher professional learning: a conceptual model and illustrative case

Abstract

This conceptual paper aims to explore the complex nature of integrating AI technologies in teacher professional learning, highlighting the potential for AI to synergize teacher noticing and decision-making processes, support adaptive teaching, foster alignment with competence frameworks, and cultivate professional vision, thereby framing teacher practices within the framework of professional vision. We argue that rather than looking at the process of adopting AI solutions by teachers from a technology perspective or how teachers contribute to designing and developing such tools, we take the perspective of the teacher and ask how such tools are meaningfully integrated into teacher practices. In our conceptual paper, we illustrate the case of a novel approach to the teacher training model where the development of teacher' professional vision and professional learning is combined with the design of the AI solutions. We argue the importance of involving teachers into the design of AI solutions through professional learning models to support teachers to develop knowledge-based reasoning skills and at the same time to learn about pedagogical concepts and develop new mental models.