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AI is increasingly integrated into the classroom, but according to a new report, most educators from kindergarten to 12th year and higher education in the world do not believe that AI is the answer to the biggest challenges they or their students are confronted today.
In the second annual McGraw Hill Global Education Insights Report: challenges, opportunities and future of education in the AI eraThe educators have again classified societal problems such as challenges outside the school (52%) and mental / behavioral health struggles (43%) as the main obstacles to students' success.
While educators have also said that managing these mental and behavioral difficulties among their students is the greatest difficulty they experience (45%), they seem to be skeptical about what AI helps them meet these challenges. The educators have ranked to support the mental health of students and the development of social skills among the lowest potential for AI to have a positive impact, according to the survey of more than 1,300 k-12 and higher education educators, including the United States, Canada and Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East, led by Le Matin and Europe McGraw.
“For the second consecutive year, educators around the world and through education levels say that the most important obstacles they and their students face are those that extend beyond the class,” said Simon Allen, CEO of McGraw Hill.
“Although AI offers new tools to improve learning, the biggest challenges in education are very persistent and will not be resolved overnight. This is why it is crucial that we continue to listen to what educators say so that we can identify significant solutions to empower their work and take up these continuous challenges. “
How AI has the greatest impact for educators
The survey has also revealed that using AI in education is increasing worldwide. Two -thirds (68%) of educators say they are currently using a generative AI (Genai) in their roles or expecting it in the next year. Although educators of kindergarten education in the 12th American year and higher education are among the lowest on a global scale for the adoption of AI, the use among the two groups has increased in the past year. Meanwhile, educators of regions and nominal levels believe that around half (47%) of their students use AI for school work.
Despite the doubts of educators on the ability of AI to meet their greatest challenges, its growing use reveals significant ways whose technology is used to improve teaching and support student learning.
- With regard to the fields in which AI can have a positive impact on students, educators see the greatest potential of AI in the translation of languages (1st), the preparation of students for career preparation (2nd) and help them improve the notes and results of the tests (3rd).
- For the impact of the AI on the educators themselves, the potential to save time on administrative work and the possibility of personalizing learning are best classified (1st – IT), in addition to avoiding professional exhaustion (3rd).
Among the educators who said that Genai had saved them time (59%), median savings were 3 to 5 hours per week. However, educators do not seem to link these time savings to more time to combat support for social-emotional commitment or students that they have difficulty providing adequately.
“In class contexts, AI should support the creation and maintenance of significant relations between teachers and students, and among classmates,” said Dylan Arena, chief of data sciences and AI at McGraw Hill. “We hope to help educators take advantage of AI to create efficiency that allow them to devote more time to establishing connections while personalizing learning experiences for students. It is also important to help students find ways to use AI to support learning rather than shortening. ”
Globally, more than two-thirds of educators (68%) said that AI could only replace part of their work, which classified the time devoted to administrative tasks as the most automatic parties of their work and teacher-student relations as the least automated.
“AI can be a powerful tool for the efficiency and personalization of education. By taking advantage of AI in a thoughtful way, educators can extend their capacity, their damage and their positive impact on learners,” said Allen.
This press release Originally appeared online.
