Water is essential for life and producing food, energy, minerals, and industrial goods. As planetary populations grow and a changing climate triggers floods, droughts, and other environmental extremes, access to clean water sources becomes increasingly competitive. Inadequate infrastructures, poor resource allocation, and outdated ecological restoration principles compound an already prescient problem.
This study explores how teacher educators in Turkey, the United States, and Hong Kong prepare teachers to support immigrant students, using humanising pedagogy as a framework. Findings reveal the influence of personal and professional contexts, teaching practices, and the supports or barriers to implementing change. The study offers important insights for improving teacher education to better address the needs of immigrant students.