Teacher workload Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
This is a two-armed randomised controlled trial. The randomisation is at the school level which is stratified by school size (i.e., the number of participating teachers per school). The stratification
Sponsors
National Foundation for Educational Research
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. School eligibility: Any state secondary school in England can take part as long as there is at least one teacher who teaches Years 7 and/or Year 8 science, and who completes the baseline survey 2. Teacher eligibility: Any science teacher who teaches at an eligible school, who teaches Years 7 and/or Year 8 science (including non-specialist science teachers and Early Career Teachers (ECT)), and who is willing to be part of the trial. Teachers are only considered eligible once they complete the baseline teacher survey for the trial.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants will be excluded if they request to withdraw from the trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Total hours spent in lesson and resource preparation measured using data collated from a weekly teacher diary over a five-week period (second half of summer 2024 term) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Total hours spent in lesson and resource preparation measured using data collated from a weekly teacher diary over a five-week period (first half of summer 2024 term) 2. Quality of lesson and resource materials used measured using ranking of teachers’ lesson resources by an independent panel of teachers in the second five-week period 3. Proportion of science lessons where ChatGPT was used for lesson and resource preparation measured using a weekly teacher diary over a five-week period 4. Proportion of weeks when the ChatGPT teacher guide was consulted at least once measured using a weekly teacher diary in each five-week period | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactPalak Roy
Outcome results
None listed