Browsing by Author "Varjanne, Mikko"

The aim of the study is to enhance understanding of the construction of multispecies motivated educational consciousness and how knowledge, emotions, and relationships with bees can concretize this construction. The term multispecies and the associated term animal turn refer to a paradigm shift in which other animals are no longer seen as resources available to humans, but as historical and intrinsic beings. Multispecies thinking assumes interdependence between species. Multispecies educational consciousness enables not only the consideration of worldviews and ethics, but also the implementation of multispecies pedagogy. The study falls within the realm of theoretical and conceptual research, with an emphasis on a hermeneutic research approach. Through methodological hermeneutic interpretation, the framework of the study was constructed from the perspectives of multispecies and educational consciousness. The synthesis of multispecies and educational consciousness frameworks in the study not only guided the hermeneutic interpretation of the research, but also supplied a ready-made hermeneutic spiral for the development of individual teachers' educational consciousness. In the light of the study, multispecies thinking and education are not seen as ending anthropocentrism, but rather as a transforming force. Multispecies educational consciousness is developed through diverse ways of knowing, meeting, feeling, staying with, and speaking to other species. Based on this research, it can be argued that the development of multispecies educational consciousness is an important part of avoiding ecological catastrophe, addressing the eco-crisis, improving the rights of other animals in educational contexts, and generally diversifying one's worldview and relationship with the world. Further research is needed, especially on the following topics: university curricula as facilitators of multispecies motivated educational consciousness; the role of technology as a mediator between other animals and the world in the development of educational consciousness and multi-species pedagogy; and a more comprehensive understanding of the meanings of different forms of empathy as part of multispecies educational consciousness and pedagogy.