Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.38003/sv.74.2.3
The role of pre-service teacher education in the development of students’ competencies for shaping LGBTIQ- inclusive educational practice
Barbara Kušević
orcid.org/0000-0001-8911-3295
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ana Širanović
orcid.org/0000-0003-0193-0763
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Marija Bartulović
orcid.org/0000-0001-5570-3406
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
This research describes the understanding that final-year master level students in pre-service teacher education programs at the University of Zagreb hold regarding the role of their studies in developing teachers’ competencies for LGBTIQ-inclusive educational practices. The results, based on the data collected in two focus groups, show that the participants assess their knowledge and skills for shaping LGBTIQ-inclusive practices as inadequate, while simultaneously blaming their study programs for this deficit, but also understanding why it occurs. Contemplating the possibilities of LGBTIQ
inclusive education using a competency-based framework opens up numerous questions for future research.
Keywords
critical pedagogy, qualitative methodology, sexual and gender diversity, teacher education
Hrčak ID:
340416
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Publication date:
7.12.2025.
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