Pedagogical considerations and workload reduction potential are additional factors influencing teachers' acceptance of AI-EdTech, beyond trust¶

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q1 i? Qualitative analysis identified pedagogical considerations (eight think-aloud protocols) and AI's workload reduction potential (six teachers) as situational factors promoting acceptance not directly related to trust. → Yael Feldman-Maggor 2025

Evidence¶

Yael Feldman-Maggor 2025¶

Yael Feldman-Maggor, Mutlu Cukurova, Carmel Kent, Giora Alexandron. (2025). The Impact of Explainable AI on Teachers' Trust and Acceptance of AI EdTech Recommendations: The Power of Domain-specific Explanations. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-025-00486-6

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Second-order qualitative analysis of think-aloud protocols addressing RQ3. A second teacher described workload reduction: "Mapping students based on specific criteria, such as their proficiency in chemistry, can be time-consuming for me". The article labels these exploratory findings.

"The category of pedagogical considerations emerged in eight think-aloud protocols. For example, as noted by one teacher (#1), "In this approach, the learning material is broken down to allow some students to progress at a pace, that's right for them, even if it's slower than the rest of the class."

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