Exploring the Role of Imaginative and Creative AI-oriented Reflections in English Language Teachers’ Professional Development: A Complexity Theory Perspective

  • سال انتشار: 1404
  • محل انتشار: مطالعات زبان کاربردی ایران، دوره: 17، شماره: 1
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_IJALS-17-1_004
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 87
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نویسندگان

Rajab Esfandiari

Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

Mohammad Hossein Arefian

Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

چکیده

Since reflective practice is regarded as a significant professional learning tool for teachers to change, modify, and reform their educational practices, it is important for teachers to move towards a more creative use of reflection. Thus, imaginative and creative reflective practice can serve as a new approach to enhance teaching efficiency, originality, reflectivity, and practicality. Additionally, teachers can utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to implement reflective practice in creative and imaginative ways to support innovative reflections and address complex teaching challenges. Accordingly, this study employed imaginative and creative reflective practice with a Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) as a novel AI tool. This study explored how imaginative and creative AI-oriented reflective practice could contribute to the professional development of EFL teachers within a complex educational system. To this end, the perspectives of six novice and experienced EFL teachers were examined through semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and post-class discussions within a qualitative case study framework. The findings indicated that teachers were able to transform and reform their belief systems by learning new concepts, reflecting on their practices, innovating knowledge and practice, and initiating change through imaginative and creative AI-oriented reflective practice. The study concludes with suggestions on how to engage language teachers in imaginative and creative AI-oriented reflective practices.

کلیدواژه ها

Artificial Intelligence, Complexity Theory, creativity, Imagination, Reflective Practice

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