Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learning
Global environmental challenges brought on by over-consumption, limited resources, and climate change will task teacher education programs to prepare teacher candidates with new paradigms in problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation. Skills such as collaborating across cultures and borders, thi...
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University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
2024-03-01
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| description | Global environmental challenges brought on by over-consumption, limited resources, and climate change will task teacher education programs to prepare teacher candidates with new paradigms in problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation. Skills such as collaborating across cultures and borders, thinking critically and creatively, reflecting on deeply embedded assumptions, and negotiating uncertainty will all be needed to surmount these challenges. EcoJustice education addresses these needs. When combined with critical place-based pedagogies, skills, and attitudes associated with global citizenship may also develop. Four preservice teachers participated in a research trip to Lesvos, Greece, to learn about and aid in the refugee crisis there. Participants documented their experiences via critical reflections and dialogues and analyzed these data. Findings suggest that through engagement in a critical place-based learning experience, preservice teachers challenged conceptions of their role as Americans and shifted towards a more global, EcoJustice consciousness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3cf243f955c3412485cc976d8ceb13ba2023-10-11T17:49:16ZengUniversity of South Florida (USF) M3 PublishingJournal of Global Education and Research2577-509X2024-03-018110.5038/2577-509X.8.1.1163Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learningGreer Burroughs0Marissa Bellino1The College of New JerseyThe College of New JerseyGlobal environmental challenges brought on by over-consumption, limited resources, and climate change will task teacher education programs to prepare teacher candidates with new paradigms in problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation. Skills such as collaborating across cultures and borders, thinking critically and creatively, reflecting on deeply embedded assumptions, and negotiating uncertainty will all be needed to surmount these challenges. EcoJustice education addresses these needs. When combined with critical place-based pedagogies, skills, and attitudes associated with global citizenship may also develop. Four preservice teachers participated in a research trip to Lesvos, Greece, to learn about and aid in the refugee crisis there. Participants documented their experiences via critical reflections and dialogues and analyzed these data. Findings suggest that through engagement in a critical place-based learning experience, preservice teachers challenged conceptions of their role as Americans and shifted towards a more global, EcoJustice consciousness.https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jger/vol8/iss1/3ecojusticeglobal citizenship educationcritical place-based learningpreservice teacher preparation |
| spellingShingle | Greer Burroughs Marissa Bellino Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learning Journal of Global Education and Research ecojustice global citizenship education critical place-based learning preservice teacher preparation |
| title | Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learning |
| title_full | Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learning |
| title_fullStr | Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learning |
| title_short | Nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place-based learning |
| title_sort | nurturing a global ecojustice consciousness among preservice teachers through critical place based learning |
| topic | ecojustice global citizenship education critical place-based learning preservice teacher preparation |
| url | https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jger/vol8/iss1/3 |
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