30.01.2025
Mikhaila Steenkamp is a guest at Ruhr University Bochum for one year. The South African teacher-turned-education sociologist is sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation's German Chancellor Fellowship.
Around 10,000 kilometers lie between Bochum and Cape Town, the city at the foot of Table Mountain. Mikhaila Steenkamp had covered this distance by October, when she began a research project at Ruhr University at the chair of Prof. Dr. Henrike Terhart. In this interview, the South African talks about her experiences on campus so far, her plans and her hopes for teacher training in South Africa - and she reveals her favorite German word.
The interview: https://news.rub.de/english/2025-01-15-diversity-we-need-better-support-our-teachers
Mikhaila Steenkamp is a guest at Ruhr University Bochum for one year. The South African teacher-turned-education sociologist is sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation's German Chancellor Fellowship.
Around 10,000 kilometers lie between Bochum and Cape Town, the city at the foot of Table Mountain. Mikhaila Steenkamp had covered this distance by October, when she began a research project at Ruhr University at the chair of Prof. Dr. Henrike Terhart. In this interview, the South African talks about her experiences on campus so far, her plans and her hopes for teacher training in South Africa - and she reveals her favorite German word.
The interview: https://news.rub.de/english/2025-01-15-diversity-we-need-better-support-our-teachers