Teachers' Views on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Education Process

This study aims to reveal teachers' thoughts on AI. Thus, from the teacher’s perspective, it is to expose the positive and negative effects of AI technology on students and the educational process and to create a source for predicting the problems that may be encountered during its integration into the education system. Phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The participant group of the study consisted of eight teachers from different branches formed by the maximum variation, one of the purposeful sampling types. In the interview conducted with the focus group interview, the questions in the semi-structured interview form prepared by taking expert opinions were asked to the participants, and the data of the research were collected. The collected data were analyzed with descriptive analysis and coding was executed. The research findings indicate that AI is perceived differently by teachers, that its applications vary, that technology presents both advantages and downsides and that there are individual and societal concerns that warrant attention. Teachers generally exhibit amazing, helpful, useful, and favorable attitudes toward the increasingly widespread usage of AI, demonstrating a high level of awareness of the technology. It is recommended to conduct applied research on the use of AI in education to clarify its positive and negative aspects.