Choosing my favourite workshop from the 2016 CONASTA 65 event is near impossible as I gained an enormous amount of knowledge from all of the workshops that I attended. One that stood out was “Delve into DNA: explore potential pitfalls (and possible pedagogy) of personal genomic information” presented by the fabulous Browyn Terrill from the Garvan Institute whereRead more about My favourite workshop- CONASTA 65[…]
Are you passionate about building Australia’s pipeline of innovators and problem solvers with 21st century skills? We’re inviting you to be part of the 21st Century Minds (21CM) Accelerator program. PwC, alongside our collaborators, is looking to unearth up to twenty of Australia’s best STEM education initiatives and support them through an intense and bespokeRead more about Introducing PwC’s 21st Century Minds Accelerator Program[…]
Maree Johnston is a QUT Graduate Diploma of Education student majoring in Junior Science What a great two days at the Queensland Museum’s Creative Lab workshopping how to incorporate innovative learning experiences into our STEM teaching. Thank you so much to Step Up for the wonderful opportunity to meet and work with other like-minded educators.Read more about The Queensland Museum’s Creative Lab – In retrospect[…]
Written by Laura Harradine Pre-service teacher studying Bachelor of Education from University of Southern Queensland majoring in English and Agricultural Science On day two of the Queensland Museum’s Creative Lab workshop the fun continued with a challenge for the participants to apply their knowledge directly to a unit of work. We were given the theme “I still callRead more about The Queensland Museum’s Creative Lab – Day 2[…]
Written by Sheilas Gehrmann Pre-service teacher studying a Graduate Diploma in Education from the Queensland University of Technology majoring in Maths and English Before registration, keen delegates wandered through the whale gallery enjoying the excellent Great Barrier Reef photographic display. These were to provide later stimulus for some of our creations, though we didn’t know it at theRead more about The Queensland Museum’s Creative Lab – Day 1[…]
Written by Kahlia Ashworth Pre-service teacher studying Graduate Diploma in Education from Griffith University – Senior Chemistry and Biology and Junior Science and Maths As a pre-service teacher I find myself getting really excited about a few progressive education movements that have the potential to revolutionise the education system I was familiar with as a high school student. TheRead more about The Queensland Museum’s Creative Lab- Revolutionising the education system?[…]
Students from Annandale Christian College with Natalie Wright (SLQ) and Chris Campbell (UQ) Teachers from Annandale Christian College in Townsville joined pre-service teachers from James Cook University for a hands-on design-thinking workshop facilitated by QUT, UQ and the State Library, QLD. The pre-service teachers worked alongside in-service teachers to do some hands-on STEAM Room activities- competing in the MarshmallowRead more about Teachers get creative with the STEAM Room[…]
Science, maths and engineering students at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) now have the chance to develop their teaching and communication skills, with a new unit offered in 2 Semester 2015. Learning Science through Teaching is the first unit offered in a proposed new QUT minor in science and maths education, which is collaboratively designed and delivered byRead more about Learn science through teaching – new QUT elective[…]
QUT secondary science and maths teacher education students are invited to take part in the STEM Studio pilot. Get your expression of interest in now – as we have one place left this semester and more places available in semester 2! Learn how to engage and motivate students’ learning in Science and Maths through student-centredRead more about STEM Studio callout: real world experience for pre-service science & maths teachers[…]
Would you like to give your teaching career a massive head-start through building professional networks? Could you have the potential to be a future leader in science education? Are you keen & able to connect with other pre-service science teachers from your uni? The Step Up project is pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity forRead more about CONASTA: calling all secondary science education students![…]
