Policy on the Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Teacher Education and Learning Journal (TELJ)

Teacher Education and Learning Journal (TELJ) is committed to maintaining transparency, ethical authorship, and academic integrity in scholarly publication. This policy regulates the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in manuscript preparation.

The policy applies to authors, reviewers, and editors, and may be updated periodically in response to developments in AI technologies and publication ethics.

General Principles

• AI may be used only as a supporting tool.
• Authors must remain fully responsible for all manuscript content.
• AI cannot replace human intellectual contributions.
• All AI-assisted outputs must be reviewed, verified, and edited by authors.
• The use of AI must be transparently disclosed in the manuscript.

✓ Allowed Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Authors may use AI tools for limited supporting purposes, including:

• Improving grammar, spelling, and language fluency
• Formatting references and bibliographies
• Checking similarity or potential plagiarism
• Data processing and statistical analysis
• Coding assistance and transcription
• Data visualization and presentation of findings
• Improving clarity of tables and figures

These uses are acceptable only when authors critically verify the accuracy, originality, reliability, and appropriateness of all AI-assisted outputs.

✕ Prohibited Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

• Writing substantive sections of the manuscript
• Generating introductions, discussions, conclusions, or recommendations
• Fabricating research data or findings
• Manipulating results or interpretations
• Generating false or non-existent citations
• Misrepresenting sources or evidence
• Listing AI as an author or co-author
• Using AI to create misleading images, figures, or visual evidence

Disclosure Requirement

Any use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies must be clearly disclosed within the manuscript.

The disclosure should include:

• Name of the AI tool used
• Purpose of its use
• Specific section or stage of the research process where it was applied

Undisclosed use of AI that materially affects the manuscript may be considered a violation of publication ethics.

Ethical Consequences

Violations of this policy will be handled in accordance with TELJ's publication ethics.

• Manuscript rejection
• Withdrawal from peer review
• Publication correction
• Article retraction

Authors remain fully accountable for any errors, inaccuracies, plagiarism, copyright infringement, data manipulation, or ethical breaches resulting from the use of AI-assisted technologies.

Contact

For questions or clarification regarding this policy, authors, reviewers, and readers may contact the editorial team of Teacher Education and Learning Journal (TELJ).

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