About this guide.
Teachers want to use ChatGPT.
As of September 2023, 1 in 3 teachers in England say they use generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, “to help with school work”.
There is limited hands-on, teacher-validated guidance available for new users on how to get the best out of ChatGPT in the classroom.
We believe generative AI tools show great promise in supporting teachers & tutors to prepare & deliver lessons, both by reducing preparation time & increasing lesson quality.
We have chosen to focus on ChatGPT. It is free-to-access (GPT-3.5), has significant capabilities and already widely in use.
This guide aims to support teachers who are new to ChatGPT to get the best out of it for lesson preparation & delivery.
We are committed to testing the impact of this guide. We are exploring running a randomised control trial on this guidance with the Education Endowment Foundation.
Built with teachers, for teachers.
Over the first half of the Autumn Term of 2023, we worked closely with AI experts & over 40 teachers & tutors across England to develop & test ChatGPT use cases that would be most additive to their existing lesson preparation & delivery.
This guide highlights the key areas where teachers & tutors found ChatGPT most helpful - saving time & providing high-quality resources:
Finding activity ideas in seconds
Getting ready-made practice questions
Adapting the materials to work for your group
Crafting model answers and building mock exam questions
Getting effective explanations and creating step-by-step examples
Testing student understanding and avoiding misconceptions
We also recommend setting up Custom Instructions to get more tailored responses.
Who we are.
The development of this guide was supported by The Hg Foundation with Bain & Company’s Social Impact practice, with thanks to the Bain & Company Advanced Analytics Group for their contributions, as well as Academies Enterprise Trust, Ark, Tutor Trust, Mossbourne Community Academy, Mounts Bay Academy, Newcastle Sixth Form College, The Blue School, The Mirfield Free Grammar, Walkergate Community School and William Tyndale Primary School.
The Hg Foundation aims to remove barriers to education and skills in the technology sector. To achieve this we provide long term funding, operational support and advocacy to education and employment based programmes across the UK, Europe and the US.
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.