Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives of Generative AI in Teacher Education: Lesson Planning in Japanese Teacher Education

Abstract

This chapter describes the possibilities and challenges of using generative AI in teacher education from the perspective of classroom researchers. We followed these steps in the chapter: select a lesson, analyze the lesson, use the results of the lesson analysis to create prompts in generative AI, ask the generative AI to make a lesson plan using the prompt, and discuss the possibilities and limitations of the lesson plan. Considering that teachers work long hours and are inevitably involved in planning lessons, it is essential to focus on creating lesson plans, a part of lesson preparation. We will make clear whether there is potential for teachers to interact with generative AI when creating lesson plans and whether there is potential for the created lesson plans to be accepted into the school and teacher culture. If it were possible to create lesson plans using generative AI, or if it were possible to create instructional plans that would suggest lesson content, it would contribute to reducing the burden on teachers even if it does not directly contribute to improving their work style.