Introduction to Primary STEM

This course will help you understand the essential foundations of STEM teaching and learning and provide opportunities to help build knowledge, skills and confidence to take on STEM in your classroom. You’ll learn:

• What STEM is and how to use STEM to develop 21st Century learning skills in Primary years
• The essential foundations of STEM teaching and learning, including equipment and materials, creating a supportive STEM environment, clear learning intentions, collaboration and ideation, reflection and taking it further
• How to identify STEM principles in your current teaching practice
• Strategies to get students ‘doing’ STEM, through real-world problem-solving
• Where STEM could be improved and incorporated into your current teaching practice

This course will take 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks.

This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access.

• Learning areas: Science, Technologies, Mathematics
• General capabilities: Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher
2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
3.1.2 Set explicit, challenging and achievable learning goals for all students.
3.3.2 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking.
3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

This program is awaiting accreditation within the ACT for 2023. We expect it will be available for accreditation by end of January.

Tracey Gray is a Scientist and an experienced science classroom teacher and early learning educator. She is passionate about creating innovative programs that integrate STEM and STEAM techniques and promote creative thinking, curiosity and problem solving. Tracey loves working with teachers and early childhood educators to improve their teaching practice and build their confidence in teaching STEM.

 

 

 

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 startup 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)!