Vanessa B. Sibug, Maria Anna D. Cruz, Vicky P. Vital, Juvy C. Grume, Almer B. Gamboa, Emerson Q. Fernando, Lloyd D. Feliciano, Jordan L. Salenga, John Paul P. Miranda (2026) — ICEMT 2025.
Key Findings
A study of 260 Filipino teachers examined how institutional support, teacher confidence, and teacher concerns influence AI adoption attitudes:
- Institutional support significantly predicted both teacher confidence and positive attitudes toward AI adoption.
- Teacher concerns did NOT moderate these relationships — concerns didn't weaken or strengthen the effect of support.
- Full mediation: The effect of institutional support on AI adoption attitudes worked entirely through increased teacher confidence.
Practical Implications
This paper provides empirical clarity for teacher-role policy: institutional support matters, but it only helps if it builds teacher confidence. Simply providing tools or mandates without confidence-building will not shift attitudes. The finding that concerns did not moderate the relationships suggests that addressing concerns directly may be less effective than building confidence through support, aligning with faculty-development-genai on the importance of hands-on experience.
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Citation
APA: Sibug, V. B., Cruz, M. A. D., Vital, V. P., Grume, J. C., Gamboa, A. B., Fernando, E. Q., Feliciano, L. D., Salenga, J. L., & Miranda, J. P. P. (2026). AI adoption among teachers: Insights on concerns, support, confidence, and attitudes. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology (ICEMT 2025), 267-269. arXiv:2605.00343.