A new trial, announced by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) today, will explore whether supporting teachers to use ChatGPT – a generative AI tool – for lesson planning can reduce their overall working hours.
Secondary schools can now sign up to take part in the trial, which is one of the first ever research projects to look at whether ChatGPT can reduce teacher workload, which research shows has a negative impact on staff retention rates in schools.
The trial will find out whether an accessible online guide, designed by Bain & Company’s Social Impact practice and The Hg Foundation, can help teachers make best use of ChatGPT for efficient lesson planning. The toolkit provides technical support to use generative AI to:
- generate activity ideas;
- tailor existing lesson materials to specific groups of children;
- produce clear explanations, step-by-step examples or model examples; and
- create assessment materials, such as practice questions and mock exams.
