Teachers’ Awareness of AI Tools and School Administration in Secondary Schools in Kuala Lumpur

Despite the current technological advancements in school administration, the lack of utilisation of ICT, and especially AI, highlights the need for teachers to increase productivity and efficiency in school management. This quantitative survey study aimed to investigate the level of teachers' awareness of AI tools for school administration in selected secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur. The study also sought to determine the factors influencing teachers' awareness and adoption of AI tools for school administration and to examine the relationship between teachers' awareness and factors influencing the adoption of AI tools for school administration. The study included 201 teachers from selected secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur as respondents, selected through stratified random sampling. The questionnaire for the study contained 40 Likert-scale items with 5 points, adapted from past research instruments. The reliability of the research instrument obtained a Cronbach's Alpha value, α = 0.93, from pilot study data. The collected data underwent both descriptive and Pearson correlation data analysis. The results of the descriptive analysis showed that the average score for teachers' awareness was x = 3.84. Ten items for factors influencing teachers' awareness and adoption of AI tools for school administration received high average scores of x = 3.86. The Pearson correlation revealed a significant strong positive correlation (r = 0.933, p < 0.001) between teachers' awareness and factors influencing the adoption of AI tools for school administration. Therefore, applications of AI tools must be further expanded to encourage pro-AI practices among teachers, increasing the utilisation of ICT in schools.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools, School Administration, Teacher Awareness, Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), Technology Adoption, Secondary School Teachers

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