ABSTRACT

Clean water is a basic necessity for sustaining life. Not only important for drinking, water is also necessary for good health and sanitation. The United Nations emphasizes the need for clean water in their Sustainable Development Goal 6, which seeks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all people of the world by 2030. Despite the global attention related to accessing clean water, many future educators are not aware of issues related to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (i.e., WASH) nor are they aware of the extent of the global water crisis. It is imperative that teacher education helps prepare teacher candidates to become globally competent as well as equipped to guide classroom students into taking action on WASH-related issues, including the global water crisis. The aim of this article is to describe and report on a case study of the implementation of a global service-learning project with teacher candidates. The case study is situated at a regional, teaching-focused university located in the southcentral region of the United States (n = 49). Our study examines teacher candidates’ perceptions of the service-learning project in relation to developing global competencies like “Investigating the World” and “Taking Action” about WASH issues.

摘要

清洁水是维持生命的基本必需品。水不仅对喝酒很重要，而且对保持健康和卫生也很重要。联合国在其可持续发展目标6中强调了清洁水的需求，该目标力求在2030年前确保世界所有人对水和卫生设施的可用性和可持续管理。尽管全球关注与获取清洁水有关，但许多未来的教育者既不了解与水，环境卫生和卫生有关的问题（即WASH），也不了解全球水危机的严重程度。至关重要的是，教师教育必须帮助应聘者培养成为全球主管的能力，并有能力指导课堂学生就与WASH相关的问题（包括全球水危机）采取行动。本文的目的是描述和报告与教师候选人一起实施全球服务学习项目的案例研究。案例研究位于美国中南部地区（n = 49）的一所以教学为重点的地区性大学。我们的研究调查了考生对与WASH问题有关的全球能力（如“调查世界”和“采取行动”）发展方面的服务学习项目的看法。