An Artificial Intelligence Competency Framework for Teachers and Students: Co-created with Teachers

Artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), is rapidly permeating every aspect of our lives, driving an accelerated evolution of how we work, play, and learn, thus necessitating new competencies for teachers and students. This study develops and validates an AI competency framework tailored for teachers and students, with an emphasis on researcher-teacher co-creation. The researcher-teacher collaboration highlights the importance of teacher involvement in the design process, ensuring the framework’s alignment with real-world educational practices. The framework identifies four key skills: identification of AI mechanisms and their operation; effective and informed use of AI; AI agency: proactive and value-generating utilization of AI; and ethical use of AI, each with specific abilities and components. It also outlines necessary values, attitudes, and knowledge for engaging with AI in education, aiming to prepare teachers and students for an AI-saturated world. This study discusses the need for assessment indicators and assimilation models.