Research on the Practical Path of AI Empowering Teachers in Ethnic Regions to Improve Their Professional Abilities

在数字化转型驱动教育变革的关键时期，人工智能(AI)技术展现出赋能教师专业能力发展的巨大潜力。本研究聚焦民族地区教育短板，深入探讨AI在缓解师资匮乏、提升教学质量方面的独特价值与现实逻辑。通过系统分析AI赋能的价值定位、技术效用及关键制约因素，研究提出以教师主体性为核心，融合工具创新、能力构建、平台整合、制度激励四大维度的协同优化路径，旨在构建适应民族地区特征的可持续教师专业发展生态系统。研究发现，技术赋能的有效性根植于系统性支持机制的构建。In the critical period of digital transformation driving educational change, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has shown great potential to empower teachers’ professional development. This study focuses on the educational shortcomings in ethnic regions and explores in depth the unique value and practical logic of AI in alleviating teacher shortages and improving teaching quality. By systematically analyzing the value positioning, technological utility, and key constraints of AI empowerment, this study proposes a collaborative optimization path centered on teacher subjectivity, integrating four dimensions of tool innovation, capability building, platform integration, and institutional incentives, with the aim of building a sustainable teacher professional development ecosystem that adapts to the characteristics of ethnic regions. Research has found that the effectiveness of technology empowerment is rooted in the construction of systematic support mechanisms.