{
  "id": 8167722,
  "title": "How UAE teachers identify and address AI-generated schoolwork",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/how-uae-teachers-identify-and-address-ai-generated-schoolwork",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T02:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/how-uae-teachers-identify-and-address-ai-generated-schoolwork-1.500678362"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dubai: Artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually becoming a part of students' daily lives, including in the classroom. While AI can serve as a useful learning aid by assisting with research or explaining complex topics, it also poses challenges for teachers in determining whether students have completed their work independently. Rather than relying on AI detectors, educators are focusing on identifying changes in a student's work and emphasizing transparency about the use of AI.\n\nFor instance, maths teacher Sarania KP looks for signs of overly polished work, such as the use of advanced terminology or methods beyond the student's current level, as well as answers that are correct but lack supporting work. Instead of immediately assuming AI involvement, she asks students to explain their thought process or solve a similar problem on their own. She emphasizes the importance of allowing students to use AI for research, hints, and explanations rather than generating answers outright. English teacher Raji Santosh has noticed a shift in students' writing quality, where suddenly polished and sophisticated writing may indicate the use of AI. Instead of accusing the student, she encourages them to explain their ideas and demonstrate their understanding through brainstorming, drafts, and other independent work.\n\nThese approaches aim to maintain a balance between embracing AI as a helpful learning tool and preserving academic integrity. Rather than solely relying on AI detectors, teachers are prioritizing student discussions and observations of their work development to ensure genuine understanding and responsible AI use.",
  "summary": "Dubai: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming part of students’ everyday lives, and classrooms are no exception. From helping with research to explaining difficult concepts, AI tools can be useful learning aids. But they also raise a growing question for teachers on how can they tell when a student has done the work themselves? For teachers, the answer is not necessarily an AI detector.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}