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How to Advocate for STEM Education in Your School
Cool+PrimarySecondaryFoundationYear 1 - 10MathematicsScienceTechnologyDesign and TechnologiesInformation and Communication TechnologiesEnvironmentalEconomicDesign ThinkingSystems ThinkingTechnology
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Course Summary
Course Content
Getting started
01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
03.
Meet your STEM expert
Understanding the value of STEM
04.
Why is STEM important
05.
Why should we advocate for STEM in schools?
06.
What does advocacy for STEM mean
07.
Imagine if...
What does successful STEM education look like?
08.
What might a successful STEM program look like?
09.
What are other schools doing?
10.
Focus STEM programs on the local community
11.
Networks to maintain STEM advocacy momentum
How to advocate for STEM
12.
Think beyond the silos
13.
Celebrate failure
14.
Start early
15.
Advocating for STEM budget
16.
Engaging experts
17.
Make it authentic
18.
Overcoming challenges
Your STEM teaching
19.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection
20.
Reflection
21.
Taxonomy of learning
22.
Suggestions for collaboration
23.
Congratulations
Course Writers
Krista Nisi is the Head Writer at Cool Australia and brings over 15 years of experience working in education, tertiary education and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.
Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech start-up and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!
In this course, you hear from Nick Pattison. Nick is a STEM specialist teacher who has been an advocate for STEM in schools in NZ schools, where he worked for 8 years and set up STEM programs in both primary and secondary schools where community, industry and schools work together. Nick has recently moved to Australia having recently started a new role as a STEM coordinator in Tulliallan Primary, Victoria.