Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Teacher Professional Development: A Workshop Proposal for High School–University Collaboration Using Technology and AI |
| Authors: |
Guillermina Ávila García, Liliana Suárez Téllez, Mario Humberto Ramírez Díaz, Francisco Antonio Horta Rangel |
| Source: |
Education Sciences ; Volume 16 ; Issue 1 ; Pages: 153 |
| Publisher Information: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
| Subject Terms: |
teacher professional development, educational technology, artificial intelligence, teacher competencies, interdisciplinary collaboration, scientific modeling |
| Description: |
This study explores the integration of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) as catalysts for professional teacher development within the context of Mexico’s educational challenges. Adopting a qualitative and exploratory approach, a four-phase workshop was conducted with 40 high school and university-level teachers from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). The methodology included scientific modeling activities using traditional methods, software (Tracker, ver. 6.2.0), and AI tools (ChatGPT-3.5), while analyzing participants’ perceptions and experiences. The findings reveal a clear disconnect between teachers’ theoretical competencies and their practical skills, with persistent gaps in scientific literacy at both educational levels. However, this study documents that the workshop functioned as a genuine professional learning community, where inter-academic collaboration and peer-learning proved to be an effective strategy for addressing these deficiencies. Technology, specifically the Tracker software, served as a catalyst for conceptual understanding. Despite AI’s potential for research, its limitations in the precision of responses reinforced this study’s central conclusion: technology does not replace the teacher’s work but transforms the teacher’s role into a critical mediator, responsible for guiding students to develop analytical and critical thinking in a complex digital environment. |
| Document Type: |
Thesis |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci16010153 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/educsci16010153 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16010153 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.A06E9B9D |
| Database: |
BASE |