2025 AILACTE Journal, Volume XXII
The 2025 journal will be a themed volume addressing The Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Teacher Education Programs.
Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teacher education programs is crucial as it prepares future educators to navigate the evolving landscape of education and effectively leverage AI tools and resources for the benefit of their students. AI technologies offer innovative tools and resources that can revolutionize teaching and learning.
Through integration with teacher education programs, teacher educators can enhance pedagogical practices, address individualized learning needs, improve assessment and feedback, promote data-driven decision making, and foster educational equity. Likewise, teacher candidates can gain knowledge and skills to effectively leverage AI tools in their own classrooms.
By embracing AI, teacher education programs can prepare future educators to be technologically competent and responsive to the needs of their students in a rapidly advancing educational environment. Conversely, authors may share research on cautions and potential dangers with AI.
This theme provides a starting point for exploring the intersection of AI and education within the context of teacher education programs in private liberal arts institutions.
The theme explores the role of AI technologies in teacher preparation, including their potential impact on areas including, but not limited to:
- AI and Personalized Learning: Examining how AI-powered personalized learning platforms can enhance student engagement, individualize instruction, and improve learning outcomes in teacher education programs.
- Ethical and Social Implications of AI in Education: Addressing ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI in educational settings, including issues related to data privacy, algorithmic bias, and the responsible use of AI technologies.
- AI in Special Education: Investigating the potential applications of AI in supporting students with special needs, including adaptive learning systems, assistive technologies, and personalized interventions.
- AI and Assessment in Teacher Education: Exploring the use of AI in the assessment of teaching performance, including automated scoring of teaching portfolios, video analysis, and feedback generation.
- AI and Educational Leadership: Examining how AI technologies can support educational leaders in decision-making processes, data analysis, and strategic planning in teacher education programs.
- Professional Development and AI: Investigating the role of AI in facilitating ongoing professional development for teacher educators, including AI-based coaching, mentorship programs, and learning analytics.
- AI and Classroom Instruction: Exploring innovative AI applications in the classroom, such as intelligent tutoring systems, virtual reality simulations, and natural language processing for language learning.
- AI and Educational Equity: Examining the potential of AI technologies to address educational inequities, promote inclusive practices, and support diverse learners in teacher education programs.
- Challenges related to AI: Highlighting concerns and precautions associated with AI.
- Future Directions of AI in Teacher Education: Speculating on emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in the integration of AI technologies in teacher education, and envisioning future directions for research and practice.
Use the above bullets as a starting point as you consider submitting a manuscript for this themed volume of the AILACTE Journal. We are eager to learn from your experiences, research, and ideas related to AI and teacher preparation.
Although submissions are not limited to research studies, manuscripts that are grounded in literature and supported by empirical data will be given stronger consideration. Please refer to the Manuscript Review Criteria to see how the use of empirical research is evaluated.
Manuscripts are due June 10, 2025 and can be submitted online. Manuscripts must follow all Review Criteria, as well as additional AILACTE Journal requirements posted on the website. Please review all materials before submitting a manuscript for consideration.
If you have questions at any point, please feel free to contact the Guest Editors.
2026 Call for Manuscripts
AILACTE Journal, Volume XXIII
The 2026 journal will be a non-themed volume. Manuscripts may address any issue that enhances the work of teacher educators in a liberal arts context.
Topics that are appropriate for the journal include teaching and learning strategies; diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice; responding to state mandates; candidate and faculty recruitment; tenure track and the use of adjuncts and professors of practice; budget issues; candidate and program assessment; program leadership; clinical practice and partnerships; policy changes; program models; etc.
Although submissions are not limited to research studies, manuscripts that are grounded in literature and supported by empirical data will be given stronger consideration.
Manuscripts are due June 10, 2026 and can be submitted on the AILACTE Journal website. Manuscripts must follow all Review Criteria, as well as additional requirements posted on the AILACTE Journal website. Please review all materials before submitting a manuscript for consideration. If you have questions at any point, please feel free to contact the Guest Editors.
The 2027 journal will be a themed volume. A detailed Call for Manuscripts will be posted on the AILACTE Journal website in 2026.