Artificial Intelligence and Teachers' Expansion: A Systematic Review

Abstract

The implications on the teaching profession are getting more complicated and far reaching, with the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. AI and changes of teachers' professional role in terms of teaching practices, professional development, leadership, and ethical engagement This systematic review integrates the results of 21 papers from 2019 to 2025.The review employs a narrative synthesis method of analysis in compliance with PRISMA criteria, and it focuses on a range of learning environments, including pre-service and in-service teacher settings. The eight primary themes were: enhancing education, individualized professional learning, teacher-AI cooperation in instructional design, ethical issues, emotional and motivational readiness, new roles of leadership, AI literacy frameworks and situational factors. It has several challenges such as lack of training, ethical concerns which are not fulfilled, inadequate infrastructure and absence of long-term statistics despite the fact that studies have shown its benefits to include improvement in productivity, tailor-made training and increased leadership. Besides promoting the application of morally acceptable, pedagogically relevant, and context-specific AI in teacher preparation, this analysis indicates the need and importance of critical empirical investigation, particularly in low-resource sites. It summarizes that although AI can bring a total change in education, its implementation demands extensive training, accommodative legislature, and sustained institutional facilitation and motivation.