AI in the Classroom – Evidence, Teacher Insights and Action

We asked two of our expert colleagues here at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to look at what the latest Australian research says about teaching and learning with AI and what you can do as an educator.

In the first section, Dr. Tim Friedman, Senior Research Fellow at ACER and lead author of the Australian Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2024 report, Feedback from primary and secondary school teachers. In the second section, ACER Research Fellow Bethany Davies examines three common challenges to using AI in the classroom as reported by Australian TALIS participants and some strategies for overcoming them.

The rise of AI in education in Australia

Findings from the latest cycle of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) show Australian teachers are using AI more frequently than their international counterparts (Friedman…