A Survey Study of Kindergarten Teachers' Use of ChatGPT to Support Instructional Design

With the rapid development of information technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually applied to a wide range of fields, especially the powerful ability of ChatGPT to bring infinite possibilities for education, but teachers’ attitudes toward using it are not yet clear. The study investigates the use of ChatGPT by kindergarten teachers to support instructional design using questionnaires and interviews to explore the attitudes and perceptions of kindergarten teachers toward its use. The results indicate that kindergarten teachers hold positive acceptance, perceived self-efficacy, and learning attitudes toward using ChatGPT for instructional design. Meanwhile, the study argues that more research is needed in the future to focus on how kindergarten teachers can aptly use ChatGPT to improve the quality of instruction in realistic instruction environments。