Exploring K-12 Physical Education Teachers’ Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges of AI Integration through Ideation Workshops

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This qualitative study conducted ideation workshops with 17 secondary school physical education teachers to explore their perspectives on potential AI applications and challenges in K-12 PE classes, identifying roles like operational assistant, personal trainer, group coach, and evaluator. The paper focuses on teacher attitudes and envisioned use cases rather than evaluating actual AI systems or their impact on student learning.

While AI’s potential in education and professional sports is widely recognized, its application in K-12 physical education (PE) remains underexplored with significant opportunities for innovation. This study aims to address this gap by engaging 17 in-service secondary school PE teachers in group ideation workshops to explore potential AI applications and challenges in PE classes. Participants envisioned AI playing multidimensional roles, such as an operational assistant, personal trainer, group

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Teacher Support Tools Tools that assist teachers — lesson planning, content generation, grading, analytics.

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secondary school AI evaluationcomputer-science