Welcome to Teachers Supporting Teachers Podcast, a podcast that supports future teachers, and those who are in the classroom. And this is series 8. As with all series I like to do something a little different and capture some different ideas, work with different people, and inspire you as you become teachers and work as teachers.
So this series I am collaborating with the Office of Australia's Women in STEM Ambassador, and I am working closely with Becky Laurence who is the Program Coordinator for Future You and her colleagues. And this episode talks about multi-modal tools and resources including short stories and films that have been designed and are available to showcase STEM careers with an aim of increasing participation of children in STEM, with a particular focus on girls.
Emphasizing what each career brings to society, inspiration and aspiration, wonder and curiosity and relatable characters are all explored as Future You inspires future STEM professionals. And what I love about these resources is that they are not add ons or extras, rather they have a suite of classroom activities aligned activities that can be slotted into curriculum-aligned lesson plans.
And as you reflect on this episode consider the questions…
- How will you support a curiosity in different ways to explore STEM field careers?
- What are the possibilities and multi-modal ways of knowing and being that you could integrate into your teaching?
- How can you change stereotypes and bias to inspire the future?
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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/
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