Institutional and professional support for teacher educators' GenAI-specific TPK through practical training, policy clarity, and ethical guidelines¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The review recommends that teacher educators be supported institutionally and professionally through practical training, clear policies, and ethical guidelines for GenAI adoption. It reports that "TEs across institutions express an urgent need for practical training, policy clarity, and ethical guidelines to support confident and responsible adoption of GenAI," and concludes that higher education institutions enable responsible AI integration "by fostering coherent strategies, supportive policies, and sustained professional development." Specific recommendations include professional development incorporating explainable AI, prompt engineering, and accountability modules, and project-based AI literacy learning with reflection.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Sustained professional development offerings
• Clear institutional GenAI policies communicated to staff and students
• Ethical guidelines supporting confident adoption

Constraints¶

• The review notes institutional responses vary from cautious experimentation to full-scale implementation, with little evidence on how teacher education programmes specifically prepare future educators

Target Learners¶

• Teacher educators in higher education institutions
• Pre-service and in-service post-primary teachers

Target Learning Goals¶

• GenAI-specific TPK development
• Ethical and pedagogically sound AI integration

Affordances¶

• Genai Specific Tpk Framework

Claims¶

• The baseline country difference in GenAI pedagogical readiness was explained by exposure and institutional conditions: the Kazakhstan coefficient fell from B = 0.205 to a non-significant B = 0.041 [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Adopt LLMs in higher education only alongside organizational readiness, ethical guidance and professional development

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• 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