The use of artificial intelligence tools by the educational community is more widespread than one would think given the short time it has been available. 69% of parents, 73% of teachers and 82% of students between 14 and 17 years old have used them at some point, according to the latest study by Empantallados.com and GAD3 on the use of technology in schools. Spanish homes that was presented today.
The research, based on a survey of a representative sample of these three groups, confirms a high interest in AI among parents, teachers and students and, among the former, a broad consensus that this technology will have a positive impact on the education of children. their children and in their professional future. Six out of ten parents surveyed, and more than half of the teachers, think this way.
The truth is that a vast majority of the high school students interviewed are already interacting with AI and taking advantage of its utilities for their schoolwork, and six out of ten see the use of tools like ChatGPT in classes as positive. 58% have resorted to AI to carry out work, 56% to complement content from different subjects and 50% to study and prepare for exams. 41% also use it for creative tasks and looking for new ideas.
And what do their parents and teachers think? Most express concern about privacy policies and the use of personal data that these AI tools may make. Teachers are more critical regarding the use made by students and only a third recommend its use in general, compared to 42% of parents.
However, 70% of the former and 77% of the latter believe that it can be useful for searching for information and explaining content worked on in class (67% of parents and 57% of teachers), but the majority reject turn to AI to do jobs and homework. This is despite the fact that four out of ten parents surveyed acknowledge having at some time used chatbots to help their children with their homework.
73% of teachers have also used AI on some occasion, especially to obtain new ideas for their classes and to complement content. Use is more frequent among younger teachers and is also widespread among vocational training teachers, 71% of whom use ChatGPT to complement content.
And although teachers assure that this is not the case, adolescents are convinced that they know more about AI than their parents and teachers and only 9% affirm that their parents set rules for them to use these tools. Teachers are somewhat more restrictive: 42% place significant conditions and limits on the use of AI. Students evaluate themselves with a knowledge of more than 5 out of 10 in the use of these tools (7.2 in the case of Siri and 5.5 in image editing and creation tools, to cite an example).
In this sense, they claim to be aware of the reliability problems of these tools and that they sometimes provide erroneous information. Despite this, they trust the information provided by ChatGPT more (61% trust it quite a bit) than in social networks (only 27% do so).
Despite all their reluctance and caution about the lack of regulation, the truth is that six out of ten parents and teachers would be in favor of including AI in the academic curriculum, despite the fact that only four out of ten teachers believe that it has an educational impact and 67% consider that its use by adolescents can aggravate cases of bullying.
