New Materialism in Tertiary Education: A Posthumanistic International Education Course

Abstract

This article outlines a new materialist pedagogy designed for an International Education course. In the first part of the article, a description of the course is presented together with its new materialist aims. In the second part of the article, the author provides examples of students’ summative projects. In these examples, student work materially situates and shows the development of their carefully constructed learning paths in becoming different teachers. The course addresses translanguaging, examines language in educational settings, and discusses language ecology and citizenship side by side with intercultural awareness as innovative pedagogies. The article suggests that new directions for pedagogical practice might be advanced by new materialism.