AI pragmatists: How language teachers are navigating AI with nuance
Posted on 06/04/2026 09:11:00
News Date: 6 April 2026
News Source: The Conversation
A pervasive narrative has taken hold in education: generative AI (genAI) is an unstoppable force, and educators must adapt or be left behind.
Technology companies market AI tools as the ultimate classroom assistants, while popular media warns that essay writing is dead.
Teachers have long been labelled or framed by technology enthusiasts and policymakers as “resistant” and “risk averse.” Discourse about technology in classrooms has amplified notions that teachers either embrace or reject tech.
Yet research with educators is showing that a binary framing of AI innovators versus Luddites obscures what is actually happening in classrooms.
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