Artificial Intelligence Assists Teachers'Professional Development:Value Positioning,Realistic Constraints and Institutional Construction
Although countries around the world have taken a series of measures to promote the application of artificial intelligence technology in education,there is still a lack of systematic thinking on how artificial intel-ligence can assist teachers'professional development.Throughout the history of science and technology's applica-tion in the field of education,artificial intelligence technology has inherited the advantageous tools and methods of electronic technology and information technology for teachers,and on this basis,it has shaken the professional role of teachers more profoundly,and put forward new requirements for teachers to enhance their artificial intelli-gence literacy,transform the orientation of the relation between teaching and learning,realize cross-border integra-tion of virtual and real,and lead the collaborative development of humans and machines.At present,the value positioning of artificial intelligence technology for teachers'professional development is to provide data founda-tion,ensure process monitoring,expand training fields,and customize training programmes.Its assistance process still faces the problem of insufficient technical application capabilities and low technology acceptance at the teach-er level as well as the realistic constraints of regional imbalances in resource allocation at the school level,con-straints imposed by the school education system,and imperfect security supervision mechanism.In this regard,a teacher's professional development system that integrates"evaluation,training,services,teaching and research,and supervision"should be systematically constructed with the support of artificial intelligence technology.Effec-tive paths for artificial intelligence to assist teachers'professional development should be continuously explored.