Pre-service teachers rate ChatGPT-generated texts higher on structure but often fail to identify AI authorship, indicating limited critical AI literacy¶

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q2 i? Pre-service teachers rated ChatGPT-generated texts higher on structure and coherence but lower on emotional expression, and many failed to identify AI-authored work. → Ó Ceallaigh 2026

Evidence¶

Ó Ceallaigh 2026¶

Ó Ceallaigh, T. J. & Murphy, S. (2026). Teaching the teachers: A systematic review of genAI-specific technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) in teacher education. Computers and Education Open, 10, 100367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2026.100367

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The review reports, citing Navío-Inglés et al. (2025), a mixed-methods study in which 154 pre-service teachers evaluated AI- versus human-written texts. The review attributes the finding that many participants "failed to identify AI-authored work"; the study's design is described only as reported in the review.

"Found pre-service teachers rated ChatGPT-generated texts higher on structure and coherence but lower on emotional expression. Many failed to identify AI-authored work, underscoring limited critical literacy."

Discussion¶

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