Practices and Ethical Concerns of English Language Teachers on Ai Use

Abstract

The objective of this study was to create a teachers’ guide to facilitate ethical and effective integration of Artificial Intelligence by high school educators in academic writing. The study also explored on the practices and ethical concerns of high school educators regarding the roles of this technological advancement in academic writing. The study used a Mixed-Method of Explanatory Sequential type of research to describe the general findings of the research study in the form of a survey questionnaire made up of combination of a 5-Point Likert Scale as patterned on AI and Academic Writing Questionnaire (AI-AWQ) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) framework to collect information from high school educators of Oas Polytechnic School. After the first phase of the data collection, a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted to support and collect evidence of the responses gathered from the survey questionnaire. The respondents are high school educators handling Language, Humanities and Social Sciences and Research-related subjects. The practices adapted by high school educators are In-Class Writing (4.30) and Oral-Assessment (4.30). These also require teachers to physically validate the authenticity of students’ writings helping as well to combat the potential risks of plagiarism and misuse of Artificial Intelligence. High School teachers prefer to adapt Process-Based Assessment (4.17) because it helps them monitor the writing process and progress of the learners making sure that learners are aware of the process and fundamental skills of writing. The ethical concerns of the respondents on how Artificial Intelligence is being integrated in writing, is its risks in the loss of unique creative expression (4.47) and the potential decline in fundamental research skills (4.43). High school educators recognize the usefulness of AI (4.23) and understand that it is an inevitable evolution (4.20). Schools and institutions should create guidelines and technical assistance for educators to be fully equipped to functional and ethical literacy of AI and to also equip high school educators on best practices on how to properly utilize Artificial Intelligence inside the classroom.