Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology
The pathway from readiness to pedagogy: AI readiness as a catalyst for innovative lesson-designing in preservice teachers
Tusyanah Tusyanah 1 * , Norsamsinar Samsudin 2, Ismiyati Ismiyati 1, Nur Chayati 1, Hengky Pramusinto 1, Edy Suryanto 3
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1 Universitas Negeri Semarang Sekaran Campus, Gunungpati, Semarang Indonesia, Indonesia
2 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia
3 Universitas Lambung Mangkurat: Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 2026 - Volume 8 Issue 2, Article No: e42865
https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202642865

Article Type: Research Article

Published Online: 26 May 2026

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ABSTRACT
The advancement of artificial intelligence is transforming educational practices, including how teachers design lessons. As artificial intelligence tools increasingly support lesson planning, content development, and assessment preparation, it is important to examine the factors that enable preservice teachers to design artificial intelligence -integrated lessons responsibly and pedagogically. Although the Technology Acceptance Model has been widely used to explain technology adoption, it may not fully capture the cognitive, affective, and pedagogical dimensions of artificial intelligence integration in teacher education. This study employed a quantitative explanatory design and collected survey data from 375 preservice teachers in Indonesia. The findings showed that artificial intelligence readiness was significantly associated with artificial intelligence -integrated lesson design and helped explain how technology self-efficacy and perceived usefulness are linked to pedagogical innovation. Emotional and psychological factors partially mediated the relationships of perceived usefulness and technology self-efficacy with artificial intelligence readiness but did not mediate their relationships with artificial intelligence -integrated lesson design, suggesting that cognitive and competence-related factors are more directly associated with the act of lesson design. The proposed model explained 70.8% of the variance in artificial intelligence -integrated lesson design, indicating strong predictive power. These findings suggest that artificial intelligence readiness plays an important role in connecting preservice teachers' beliefs and capabilities with practical pedagogical innovation.
KEYWORDS
AI readiness artificial intelligence in education innovative learning design preservice teachers teacher education technology self-efficacy
In-text citation: (Tusyanah et al., 2026)
Reference: Tusyanah, T., Samsudin, N., Ismiyati, I., Chayati, N., Pramusinto, H., & Suryanto, E. (2026). The pathway from readiness to pedagogy: AI readiness as a catalyst for innovative lesson-designing in preservice teachers. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 8(2), e42865. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202642865
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Tusyanah T, Samsudin N, Ismiyati I, Chayati N, Pramusinto H, Suryanto E. The pathway from readiness to pedagogy: AI readiness as a catalyst for innovative lesson-designing in preservice teachers. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology. 2026;8(2), e42865. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202642865
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Tusyanah T, Samsudin N, Ismiyati I, Chayati N, Pramusinto H, Suryanto E. The pathway from readiness to pedagogy: AI readiness as a catalyst for innovative lesson-designing in preservice teachers. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology. 2026;8(2):e42865. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202642865
In-text citation: (Tusyanah et al., 2026)
Reference: Tusyanah, Tusyanah, Norsamsinar Samsudin, Ismiyati Ismiyati, Nur Chayati, Hengky Pramusinto, and Edy Suryanto. "The pathway from readiness to pedagogy: AI readiness as a catalyst for innovative lesson-designing in preservice teachers". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology 2026 8 no. 2 (2026): e42865. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202642865
In-text citation: (Tusyanah et al., 2026)
Reference: Tusyanah, T., Samsudin, N., Ismiyati, I., Chayati, N., Pramusinto, H., and Suryanto, E. (2026). The pathway from readiness to pedagogy: AI readiness as a catalyst for innovative lesson-designing in preservice teachers. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 8(2), e42865. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202642865
In-text citation: (Tusyanah et al., 2026)
Reference: Tusyanah, Tusyanah et al. "The pathway from readiness to pedagogy: AI readiness as a catalyst for innovative lesson-designing in preservice teachers". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, vol. 8, no. 2, 2026, e42865. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.202642865
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