Today we would like to introduce you to Stefanie Schuray, who works at the Institute of Educational Sciences in the Department of School Pedagogy and General Didactics.
She is committed to the goal of “Quality Education” and answered a few questions for us.
How does your work relate to this SDG?
I work at the Institute of Educational Science in the Department of School Pedagogy and General Didactics. I work there in the training of student teachers, so the topics of quality education, access to education and educational inequality mainly affect me in the area of school education in my professional work.
How did you become interested in this topic and where does your interest come from?
I would describe my path to education as a continuous process. During my studies, as an employee of the Jugendring Braunschweig e.V., I was able to help organize projects in which children and young people were offered free and low-threshold educational opportunities such as music festivals, street art and also events on political topics. Together with teenagers and young adults, I created educational opportunities for other children and young adults.
When I started working in the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences in 2015, I became more and more involved in school education, so the focus shifted to enabling students to plan and offer educational opportunities for children and young people. I am therefore happy to try to pave the way for other people to take advantage of diverse educational opportunities or to prepare our prospective teachers as well as possible for their work.
What motivated you to get involved in this SDG?
My interest in the topic is perhaps motivated by my own educational background. I was the first in my family to have the opportunity to take the general higher education entrance qualification and even to study. As I know today, this was not a matter of course. But it should have been and I would like to do my bit for it.
Is there a connection between your topic and other SDGs?
Quality education or access to education for all people - everywhere - is linked to the other SDGs in many ways. It is a cross-cutting issue that we can find in various areas. Without access to education and the opportunity to take advantage of educational opportunities, technical developments, improvements in the health situation or the creation of a more tolerant society would hardly be possible.
Which 3 words do you associate with this SDG?
Access opportunities
personal development
Spaces of experience