Artificial intelligence and professional development of teachers: challenges and perspectives

Educational research focuses on the theme of artificial intelligence (AI) as a disruptive technology for education, capable of rethinking teaching and learning processes, supporting activities of personalization, democratic access to resources, creation of immersive, inclusive and adaptive environments. Studies show how AI in education (AIEd-Artificial Intelligence in Education) can offer teachers new possibilities of design and management of teaching, but also new challenges related to the need to acquire specific skills, to face the ethical and social issues connected to the use of AI and to maintain an active and critical role in the educational process. Through a narrative review the research aims to explore a broad and complex topic such as AI in education, adopting a plural and transdisciplinary perspective in order to understand which studies to date have reasoned in terms of impact of AI in the educational context with reference to teaching practices and skills of teachers. The work returns a sum up orienting the use of AI technologies for teacher training and professional development, suggesting some future directions to deepen the topic and to foster a greater awareness and competence of educational actors on the ethical and pedagogical use of AI.