Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education - Rorden Wilkinson

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Summary

TLDRThe video discusses the integral role of education in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing that the goals must be pursued as an integrated whole. Education is highlighted as a significant factor in addressing injustices, with 262 million children out of school worldwide in 2017, a situation worsened by COVID-19. In Australia, socioeconomic disparities affect educational completion and representation in higher institutions, especially for rural students. The video also highlights issues of gender and racial inequality, emphasizing education's potential to transform gender relations, combat modern slavery, and address systemic racism. Education provides socio-economic mobility, reduces inequalities, and plays a role in climate change adaptation.

Takeaways

  • 🌍 SDGs must be understood as interconnected, requiring unified efforts for all goals.
  • 📚 Education is crucial in addressing many societal injustices targeted by the SDGs.
  • 👨‍🎓 262 million children globally were out of school as of 2017, worsened by COVID-19.
  • 🇦🇺 Socioeconomic and geographic barriers affect educational outcomes in Australia.
  • 👩‍🎓 Education can transform gender relations and combat modern slavery.
  • ✊ Racial inequalities persist in education, affecting children and teachers of color.
  • 🏠 Relocation costs hinder rural students' access to higher education in cities.
  • 🔄 Education enhances socio-economic mobility and breaks cycles of poverty.
  • 🌱 It contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.
  • 🤝 Advocates for SDG4 believe education can significantly reduce inequalities.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:42

    The speaker discusses the importance of understanding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an integrated whole, emphasizing the crucial role of education. He highlights the alarming number of children globally who lack access to education as a significant barrier to achieving the SDGs. In Australia, significant educational disparities exist, particularly affecting young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds and those in rural areas. These barriers prevent individuals from escaping poverty and realizing their potential.

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Video Q&A

  • Why is education considered crucial in achieving the SDGs?

    Education is essential for addressing many inequalities and injustices targeted by SDGs, as lack of education is a root cause of many societal issues.

  • How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected education globally?

    The pandemic likely worsened the situation by increasing the number of children not attending school and highlighting gender disparities in homeschooling responsibilities.

  • What are some barriers to education mentioned in Australia?

    In Australia, barriers include high dropout rates among low socioeconomic backgrounds and underrepresentation of rural students in higher education.

  • How does education impact gender equality?

    Education can transform gender relations, reduce gendered exploitation and abuse, and provide women with more options in life, combating sexism and modern slavery.

  • What racial challenges are faced in educational settings?

    Racial challenges include stereotyping, bias feedback for teachers of color, and discrimination affecting educational experiences for children of color.

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    the sdgs need to be understood as an
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    integrated whole
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    the gains of realizing one can never be
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    fully met without concerted efforts to
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    achieve
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    all but clearly education is
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    among the most important many of the
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    injustices that the sdgs target
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    result from a lack of access to
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    education as well as from a failure to
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    apply the knowledge
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    from which many are excluded realizing
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    education gains are so
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    important worldwide 262
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    million children did not attend school
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    in 2017
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    a situation likely to have worsened in
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    the face of the covert 19 crisis
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    in australia 60 percent of young people
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    from low socioeconomic backgrounds
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    do not complete high school and rural
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    and remote australians make up
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    36 of the total population but account
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    for
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    only 17 of tertiary students many face
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    barriers to quality education
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    allowing those barriers to endure robs
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    people of the ability to get out of
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    poverty and realize their dreams and it
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    stops them from making the contributions
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    to life on this planet
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    from which we all benefit hello
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    my name is rorden wilkinson i'm the pro
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    vice chancellor for education and the
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    student experience at unsw
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    and professor of international political
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    economy
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    but i'm also a passionate advocate for
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    global public policy initiatives
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    designed to tackle enduring inequalities
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    and injustices
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    and i'm a proud champion of the
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    sustainable development goals the goal
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    of sustainable development
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    4 deals specifically with quality
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    education
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    it's designed to secure inclusive
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    quality education for
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    everybody this is more than learning the
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    alphabet
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    or times tables it is a goal that
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    envisions the lifelong pursuit of
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    learning
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    and the application of understanding in
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    all areas of society
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    the covert 19 pandemic has highlighted
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    the differential experiences of women
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    and men
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    and the role that a lack of appropriate
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    understanding plays
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    during quarantine mothers have
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    overwhelmingly taken responsibility for
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    the homeschooling of children while
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    often working full-time
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    and taking on a higher proportion of
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    domestic labor women are also more
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    likely to be
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    essential workers or to have lost their
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    jobs
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    shocking as it may be to hear throughout
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    the world forms of modern slavery and
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    jewel
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    these forms of slavery include
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    indentured servitude
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    child marriage forced labor and sexual
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    exploitation
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    it is impossible to understate the
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    potential of education to transform
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    gender relations
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    and make a meaningful impact on each of
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    these forms of modern slavery
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    educating boys worldwide about gender
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    justice can pave the way for a future
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    where consent and equity are prioritized
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    and where violence and domination are
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    decoupled from ideas about masculinity
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    equally educating women and girls is a
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    hugely powerful way to address global
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    poverty it can help guard against
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    gendered exploitation and abuse by
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    giving women and families more
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    option in life including around career
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    opportunities
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    and family planning other challenges
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    abound racism exists
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    at every stage of education from their
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    earliest years
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    children of color face stereotyping
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    bullying
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    and stricter punishments for perceived
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    misbehavior this is especially true for
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    children
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    of black and indigenous backgrounds
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    students of color are singled out with
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    demands to provide perspectives
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    in emotionally fraught debates on topics
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    like black lives matter
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    education is also a challenging space
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    for teachers of color
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    who frequently receive bias feedback and
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    racist insults in students evaluations
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    of their teaching
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    all these experiences are a blight on
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    the educational experiences of many
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    access to quality education is all too
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    often determined by where you live
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    the under-representation of rural
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    australians in university education
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    is not due to differences in aptitude
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    people living in regional australia are
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    just as capable
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    and full of potential as students in
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    metropolitan areas
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    however the costs of relocating to a
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    city to study
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    are prohibitive for many students living
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    in cities
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    are generally more able to live with
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    family while they study while students
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    who relocate
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    need to have access to funds for rental
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    bonds rent payments
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    food and other living expenses equally
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    students from rural and regional areas
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    are also much more likely to be female
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    older and caring for dependents such as
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    children
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    the elderly and the sick the lack of
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    opportunities for tertiary education
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    in non-metropolitan areas as well as in
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    low and low middle-income countries
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    can have huge ramifications if nearly 75
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    percent of students who leave do not
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    return after their studies
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    the supply of professionals particularly
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    those with community connections
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    will be constrained with inevitable
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    consequences for local populations
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    this in turn has adverse effects on the
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    economic prospects
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    of rural and regional towns and low and
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    low middle
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    countries alike these are just some of
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    the reasons why i'm championing
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    sdg4 at unsw education transforms lives
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    for the better
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    it enables socioeconomic mobility
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    breaking cycles of violence poverty and
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    indignity
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    it is critical in reducing inequalities
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    and improving gender equity
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    and it helps mitigate and adapt to the
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    effects of climate change
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    i hope you will be champions with me
Tags
  • SDGs
  • education
  • inequality
  • COVID-19
  • gender equality
  • racial inequality
  • socioeconomic mobility
  • climate change