LECTURERS’ AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR TEACHING BIOLOGY IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA
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Artificial intelligence, biology teaching, teachers’ awareness, attitudeAbstract
The study investigated lecturers’ awareness and attitude towards application of artificial intelligence for teaching biology in universities in Southeastern Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Four research questions guided the study. The population comprised 267 lecturers in Biology unit of Department of Science Education from 12 Universities in Southeastern Nigeria. Two instruments developed by the researchers titled “Lecturers’ Artificial Intelligence Awareness Scale” (LAIAS) and “Lecturers’ Attitude towards application of Artificial Intelligence for Teaching Biology Questionnaire” (LAAITBQ) were used for data collection. The instruments were validated by two experts in Department of Science Education, and one expert in Department of Education Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The reliability coefficient of the instruments was 0.80 and 0.85 respectively using Kuder Richardson 20 and Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions. The findings of the study revealed that there were negative awareness and attitude of lecturers towards application of AI for teaching Biology. It was recommended among others that the government should organize workshops to sensitize lecturers to adopt positive awareness and attitude towards artificial intelligence in teaching Biology.
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