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The research study evaluated the pre-service teachers’ levels of global-mindedness and intercultural competence. The pre-service teachers here refer to the undergraduate students, at the age of 18 years or older, having declared an education major or minor at a Midwest state university in the United States. The research study was intended to see whether the following demographic variables are good predictors of pre-service teachers’ global-mindedness and intercultural competence. They are (a) gender, (b) perceived competence in non-native language and culture, (c) frequency of interaction with people of diverse backgrounds, and (d) teaching experience. Other variables, such as global courses taken, were excluded in this particular study because it was hard to define what courses count as global courses. Other interesting research questions, such as a deep investigation of the kinds of effective pedagogies and strategies and their effects on global education, were not pursued in this study because the inquiry was concerned with the outcome of global education. It focused on the people with global perspectives, their levels of global-mindedness and intercultural competence, but not on the implementation process of global education. The research method employed was quantitative rather than qualitative or mixed methods, given a limited amount of time for conducting this research. giiERDmp1ghlUUrUdwN6aVZC4XuBHJUuUQAvttaXsYULun260O/u9c/2IPIs4iOh