Integrating Prophetic Spiritual Pedagogy with NPST Standards to Guide Teaching Practices for Generation Z

Abstract

This paper investigates the amalgamation of Prophetic Spiritual Teaching (PST) principles with National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) to inform Gen-Z teaching practices within desired holistic development, ethical behavior and professional teaching skills. Semi-structured interviews and document analysis of 20 teachers were used to generate qualitative data. Through thematic analyzing, three main themes: Holistic and Ethical Growth, Interactive and Contextual Pedagogy, Reinforcement of NPSTs, and Professional Development emerged. The findings reveal that PST Prophetic teaching sayings, such as Husn al-Khuluq (good character), Niyyah (intention), patience, empathic and self-reflection fulfilled Gen Z the learners' moral, emotional and cognitive needs. NPST-standards provide an established professional orientation to reinforce these principles and to support ethical instruction, customer-oriented pedagogy, as well as life-long learning. The study develops an Integrated Pedagogical Framework that implements PST beliefs into teaching approaches congruent with NPST e-citizenry benchmarks. It is concerned with the moral, intellectual and emotional aspects of student development and gives prominence to reflective, ethically informed and professionally competent teacher actions. Educational, theoretical and practical implications are discussed based on a case study that offers an example of integrating professional spiritual dimensions into classroom teaching in mission studies today.