Investigating the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between digital literacy and teachers' behavioral intention to use AI in education

غفار کریمیان پور ¹ ( دکتری مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی )
Shahla Hosseini ² ( Ph.D Student, Philosophy of Education, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasghan) )
edris dashti ³ ( Master's degree, Educational Research, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tehran, ,Iran )
somayeh jafari nadoshan ⁴ ( Ph.D., Curriculum Planning, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology; Al-Zahra University ,Iran )

Submited date : 2024-08-23 Accepted date : 2024-10-02

Keywords: Teacher Self-Efficacy, Digital Literacy, Teachers' Behavioral Intention, Artificial Intelligence,

Abstract :

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of teacher self-efficacy in relation to digital literacy and teachers' behavioral intention to use artificial intelligence in education. The descriptive research method was correlation type with structural equation approach. The statistical population of the research included all the primary school teachers of Salas Babajani city with the number of 352 people, using random sampling method, 186 people were selected as a sample. Digital literacy, self-efficacy and behavioral intention questionnaires were used to collect data, and SPSS software and descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used for data analysis, and SMART PLS software was used to check model fit. The results of the data analysis showed that digital literacy has a positive and direct effect on teachers' intention to use artificial intelligence in education, self-efficacy has a positive and direct effect on teachers' intention to use artificial intelligence in education, digital literacy has an effect on teachers' self-efficacy It is positive and direct, and self-efficacy plays a mediating role in the relationship between digital literacy and teachers' behavioral intention in using artificial intelligence in education. Therefore, it can be said that digital literacy and self-efficacy are important and effective variables on teachers' behavioral intention in using artificial intelligence, which needs to be paid attention to by researchers.

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