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Educators' lived experience utilizing artificial intelligence in multicultural literacy curriculum development
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Drexel University
Jun 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00010949
Abstract
This research was developed as a cross-sectional qualitative phenomenological study assessing educators' lived experience utilizing Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence (LLM) (AI) agent ChatGPT 4o for the review and critique of multicultural literature. The goal of this research was to assess how well ChatGPT 4o could effectively be utilized as an educational tool to augment overburdened teachers. Secondly, this research aimed to learn how teachers perceived the use of this innovative and powerful tool to generate cultural critiques of literature effectively, reliably, and accurately. As a pioneering study of AI use in education, educators' perception of the efficacy and practicality of using AI as an educational tool was of primary interest to the researchers. Results indicated that participants felt the AI agents' ability to assess cultural nuances was exceptional and the AI agent was a time-saver and tool for curriculum enhancement. They lamented what they perceived as the tendency of AI use to interfere with the development of critical thinking skills in their students as well as the lack of detailed in-depth analysis of multicultural works from the AI agent itself. Participants also utilized AI in novel ways to create differentiated learning assignments for students with special needs and students enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. Participants found text and file size restrictions limited their ability to obtain literary evaluations of some texts. No participant used AI to assess student work and most adamantly opposed this use. Future research should explore AI as an assessment tool for student work. Future applications may help teachers become less hesitant to employ AI technology in their classrooms, both for curriculum development and as an innovative tool for student learning and assessment.
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- Title
- Educators' lived experience utilizing artificial intelligence in multicultural literacy curriculum development
- Creators
- Nathanael J. Jones
- Contributors
- John M. Gould (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- 135, 10 unnumbered pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education (1997-2026); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991022053136104721