Opinions of science teachers on the use of artificial intelligence in education

In this thesis, it is aimed to reveal the views of science teachers about the use of artificial intelligence in education. Phenomenology design, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the research. Within the scope of the research, focus group interviews were conducted with 30 science teachers working in 15 different public secondary schools in Diyarbakır city center. Before the focus group interviews were conducted, pilot focus interviews were conducted with 6 different science teachers. Based on the themes obtained as a result of these pilot interviews, a semi-structured interview form was prepared by the researcher. During the focus group interviews, the questions in this interview form were directed to the teachers. As a result of the research, it was revealed that the opinions of teachers about the use of artificial intelligence in education were gathered under 5 titles (themes). These themes are; "effect on students", "effect on teachers", "effect on education-teaching process", "anxiety" and "advice/suggestion". For each of the themes of "effect on students", "effect on teachers" and "effect on education-teaching process", two categories named positive effect and negative effect were determined. While two categories, professional anxiety and ethical anxiety, were identified in relation to the theme of "anxiety", two categories were determined in relation to the theme of "advice/suggestion", namely systemic suggestions and application suggestions. When the opinions of the teachers are evaluated collectively, it is seen that the total number of expressions is 581. While 75 (12.9%) of these statements are about the effects of artificial intelligence use in education on students, 128 (22%) of them are related to the effects of artificial intelligence use in education on teachers, 132 (22.7%) of them are related to the effects of artificial intelligence use in education on education-teaching process. 83 (14.3) of them were related to a anxiety and 163 (28%) were related to a suggestion. This shows that the order of frequency of teachers' views on the use of artificial intelligence in education is as follows: "Suggestion", "effect on the education-teaching process", "effect on teachers", "anxiety" and "effect on students". Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Education, Science Education, Focus group interview.