Pre-service teacher preparation model for cultivating posthumanist global citizenship in the urban context

Abstract

The article aimed to develop pre-service teacher preparation model for cultivating posthumanist global citizenship. The research and development (R & D) methodology was employed. The objectives consisted of the following: (1) to study the context related to the challenge of teacher preparation to cultivate posthumanist global citizenship, (2) to develop a model for teacher preparation, (3) to implement the model for teacher preparation, and (4) to present policy recommendations for teacher preparation. Details about participants, research instruments and data analysis were extensively demonstrated in texts. The findings indicated that (1) culturally responsive teacher education is still unable to cultivate global citizenship responding to the contexts of socio-cultural and political conflicts, bioregional extinction, social suffering from the pandemic and ecological loss of diverse humans, more-than-humans and non-human species coexisting in the 21st century; (2) The model consisted of 8 components: vision and principles for preparing pre-service teachers, aims and desired competencies of pre-service teacher graduates, 4-year bachelor of education program, professional experience and school-based practicum, educational provision, testing and evaluation, professional development activities, and setting up the learning environment and context; (3) Pre-service teachers had higher posthumanist global citizenship competence after studying with the developed model than they did before studying, and they had overall awareness of ecological consciousness at a high level; (4) Teacher preparation approach should be shifting from human-centric recognizing human as superior learner that is central to mainstream citizenship towards posthuman citizenship by embracing principles, characteristics and learning process of posthumanist global citizenship education.