German author and activist
Margret Rasfeld (born 1951) is a German author, activist and headmistress in active retirement. She is the co-founder and current managing director of the initiative "Schule im Aufbruch" (school on the move) and has been elected Ashoka Fellow since 2015. Rasfeld advocates a reorientation of school education according to the guidelines of the UNESCO campaign "Education for sustainable development" (ESD).
Life.
Margret Rasfeld was born in 1951 in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1976 to 1992, she was a teacher at a Gymnasium in biology and chemistry. From 1992 to 1997, she was involved in setting up the Borbeck comprehensive school in Essen as a didactic director. From 1997 to 2007, Rasfeld built the Holsterhausen Comprehensive School, which has received many high-ranking awards for its activities in education for sustainable development.
From 2007 to 2016 she headed the Evangelical School Berlin Zentrum, which is now recognized internationally as a model for an approach "transformative education". As a result of these activities, she became a sought-after consultant and speaker in the fields of education and new work at home and abroad, as well as a consultant and trainer for teachers and school administrators.
Publications.
Books
Essays in non-fiction books (selection)
Essays in journals (selection):