Can Generative AI help teachers in teaching Science?

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Published: Apr 3, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.7690
Keywords:
generative artificial intelligence, natural sciences, prompting engineering, ChatGPT, Magic School
Δημήτριος Σωτηρόπουλος
University of Thessaly,Department of Special Education
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7367-5760
Abstract

The workshop will familiarize the participating teachers with a variety of free GenAI tools that can be used in the field of natural sciences. At the beginning of the workshop, teachers will become familiar with the fundamental principles of prompting as GenAI chatbots use them. Examining illustrative applications will give them insight into the potential applications of such tools in their daily preparation and teaching practice. This will allow them to see, through experiential learning, how GenAI can facilitate effective natural science teaching.

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  • 14th Panhellenic Conference of Didactics in Science Education
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Author Biography
Δημήτριος Σωτηρόπουλος, University of Thessaly,Department of Special Education

Dr. Dimitrios Sotiropoulos is a physicist who studied at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a master’s degree in Science Education and a PhD in Digital Educational Technology in Science Education from the Pedagogical Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His research interests include the investigation of the -learning beneficial- integration of any form of digital technology in the educational process and especially in STEaM education. Here : https://evreca.edu.gr/en  you can access the support and guidance platform for the creation of educational scenarios, created during his postdoctoral research at the University of Thessaly. He is currently a member of the Laboratory and Teaching Staff of the Department of Special Education of the University of Thessaly in the field of "Science Education and ICT Applications in Education". Previously, at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Thessaly, he has taught courses for six years in the field of "Informatics in Education". He has also taught the subject "Digital Educational Technology" to postgraduate students of the Pedagogical Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and A.S.P.A.I.T.E.

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