This is a wonderful episode where we have many ah ha moments of what can be possible in the classroom as a teacher. We dig deep in the concept of being an engineer of the lesson and classroom, failing forward, risk taking, development of electives and curriculum, and what is possible when we dream big as teachers for our students. This is a rich conversation with Becky and our guest Dr Kathryn White who runs the Australian Junior Science Olympiad for ASI, is one of the program team members, and also teaches a science at Merici College teacher in Canberra. So many tips, tricks and strategies for you.
And as you reflect on this episode consider the questions…
- When you have an idea, and your gut tells you you need to lead change, how are you going to be courageous?
- How will you foster creativity and curiosity?
- What will you do to increase student engagement and participation?
- How will you be an engineer of your lessons? teaching?
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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.
Special guest for this episode is Dr Kathryn White who runs the Australian Junior Science Olympiad for ASI is one of the program team members and also teaches a science at Merici College teacher in Canberra. She has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Sydney and subsequently worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Physics at the University of Edinburgh. Having made the change from research to education, she achieved national certification as a highly accomplished teacher in 2015. She taught as part of the ANU Extension program from 2011-2020, and is a former deputy director of ASI’s Curious Minds program. She has extensive experience with resource development that focuses on equity (including, but not limited to gender, location, socio-economic status, etc).
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/
Merici College https://www.merici.act.edu.au/
Junior Science Olympiad Programs https://www.asi.edu.au/our-programs/junior-science-olympiad-programs/
Dr Scott Sleap in his iSTEM program https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-scott-sleap-73929160/?originalSubdomain=au
Using Universal Design to Create Better Assessment https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-universal-design-create-better-assessments/
Make:able Challenge https://www.makeablechallenge.com/
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