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Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Provision for Teachers in Andalusia: Documentary Analysis and Recommendations for a Comprehensive Approach

by
Manuel Reina-Parrado
*,
Pedro Román-Graván
and
Carlos Hervás-Gómez
Department of Didactics and School Organization, Faculty of Education, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Soc. Sci. 2026, 15(7), 449; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15070449
Submission received: 8 May 2026 / Revised: 15 June 2026 / Accepted: 30 June 2026 / Published: 6 July 2026

Abstract

This study analyses the professional development provision in artificial intelligence (AI) offered to non-university teachers in Andalusia during the 2023–2024 academic year. The research follows a descriptive documentary design based on the systematic review of training activities provided by the Teacher Training Centres (CEPs) in the eight Andalusian provinces. The initial corpus comprised 1832 training activities. After screening course titles and, when available, objectives, descriptions, metadata and content lists, 26 AI-related activities were identified; after excluding repeated editions and activities whose information was not accessible, the final analysable corpus consisted of 15 distinct and visible courses. The analysis combined quantitative description of distribution by province with qualitative content analysis supported by Atlas.ti. The results show that AI-related training represented only 1.42% of the overall offer and that the final analysable corpus represented 0.82% of all training activities. The provision was also unevenly distributed across provinces and tended to privilege specific tools, generative AI applications and productivity-oriented uses, with comparatively limited attention to ethical, pedagogical, assessment-related and interdisciplinary dimensions. The findings suggest the need for a more coherent regional strategy based on common minimum AI literacy modules, differentiated pathways by educational stage, blended and mentored formats, classroom-based projects and systematic evaluation of training impact.
Keywords: artificial intelligence in education; teacher professional development; AI literacy; digital competence; teacher training; Andalusia artificial intelligence in education; teacher professional development; AI literacy; digital competence; teacher training; Andalusia

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Reina-Parrado, M.; Román-Graván, P.; Hervás-Gómez, C. Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Provision for Teachers in Andalusia: Documentary Analysis and Recommendations for a Comprehensive Approach. Soc. Sci. 2026, 15, 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15070449

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Reina-Parrado M, Román-Graván P, Hervás-Gómez C. Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Provision for Teachers in Andalusia: Documentary Analysis and Recommendations for a Comprehensive Approach. Social Sciences. 2026; 15(7):449. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15070449

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Reina-Parrado, Manuel, Pedro Román-Graván, and Carlos Hervás-Gómez. 2026. "Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Provision for Teachers in Andalusia: Documentary Analysis and Recommendations for a Comprehensive Approach" Social Sciences 15, no. 7: 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15070449

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Reina-Parrado, M., Román-Graván, P., & Hervás-Gómez, C. (2026). Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Provision for Teachers in Andalusia: Documentary Analysis and Recommendations for a Comprehensive Approach. Social Sciences, 15(7), 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15070449

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