Exploring Teachers' Attitudes and Knowledge towards Pedagogy in Education: Integrating Digital and Artificial Intelligence Skills

Abstract

This study sort of looked at teachers’ attitudes, their digital competence, and what they know about AI while thinking about using technology in education, and how all that cascades into what actually happens inside classrooms. The whole thing was done with a quantitative survey strategy, and the data were collected from 60 elementary and secondary school teachers in central Punjab, Pakistan, using a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire covered demographics, digital competence, AI knowledge, attitudes, and also the practices for technology integration which, I mean, is pretty self-explanatory. For the statistical part, IBM SPSS 27 was used, and they ran descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and then a multiple regression analysis. Overall, the findings seem to suggest that teachers had solid fundamental digital skills, and they generally had favorable views about applying technology in their lessons. They also seemed pretty ready to learn AI tools, though their AI knowledge especially with personalized learning apps was still at a moderate level. So yeah, they’re interested but not fully equipped yet, kind of in-between, you know. The main blockers were mostly the absence of AI training, weak internet connectivity, and not enough devices available, simple as that. Besides that, the study also described very clear positive links between digital competence, AI knowledge, attitudes, and the technology integration practices they said they were using. When they checked what could best predict stronger integration, digital competence and more positive attitudes turned out to be the most influential factors. So, it basically points toward needing continuous professional development, better infrastructure, and consistent institutional backing.