Teachers Supporting Teachers Series 8 Episode 1: Future You...what are the possibilities in STEM?

Teachers are responsible for shaping the future of our world. The influence we have over students and WHO those students become is huge. So in this series, Series 8 of Teachers Supporting Teachers, we talk about STEM careers, opportunities, futures and what is possible as we tap into the potential for pre-service teachers, teachers, educators, and students, especially young women - we dig deep into the what, why and how.

Creativity, innovation, the arts and imagination also features an invitation for us to think about the ability to think as big as you want to think. 

We introduce Future You,  a program with a focus on young women in the 8-12 age group coming out of the Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador. The vision is to address the research that has shown that by the time young people finish primary school, they’ve made fairly important career decisions. So the influence of us as teachers is imperative! 

And as you reflect on this episode consider the questions…How are you going to help students dream big with STEM skills? How are you going to open up whole new worlds?

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Joining me in this series and episode is Becky Lawrence, the program coordinator for Future You, an initiative from the Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith. 

You may also like to access:

Explore and Create Co www.exploreandcreateco.com

Women in STEM Ambassador’s website https://womeninstem.org.au/ 

Future You https://futureyouaustralia.com/

Future You Pathfinders ( short, documentary-style films) https://futureyouaustralia.com/pathfinders/

Girls in STEM Toolkit https://www.thegist.edu.au/ (how lessons can be interesting to everyone, addressing unconscious bias)

Want diversity in robotics? Address workplace culture first

 https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/diversity-in-robotics/