Educational Leadership

An educational version of My Food Bag has made its way to Taranaki and the pre-packaged lessons are proving a hit with students - and their teachers.

If it happens in science..... You'll find it here!

Large gaps in the representation of women in science careers later in life are not due to lack of ability in the classroom.

36% of people think you need to be a genius in order to have a career in science. Take it from an astronaut: that’s not true.

Surveys find women are more likely to pursue classes taught by women.

In June, three influential academic institutions in the U.K. - the British Academy, the Arts Council, the Academy of Social Sciences and the London School of Economics - launched a campaign to celebrate the value of non-STEM disciplines. Under the acronym SHAPE,  they’re championing the power of social sciences, humanities, the arts for people and the economy.

“SHAPE is a new collective name for those subjects that help us understand ourselves, others and the human world around us,” they write. “They provide us with the methods and forms of expression we need to build better, deeper, more colourful and more valuable lives for all.”

In a three-year project, students were taught STEM skills by designing solutions for real-world problems. An evaluation of the project found most students were stimulated and engaged.

A new documentary seeks to drum up more mainstream attention for STEM competitions.

Stereotypes of “worker bees” and “dragon ladies” are holding Asian Americans back in STEM careers.  

Twenty-First century teachers need to embrace lesson plans that leverage digital tools to help students understand, interpret, and analyze the world in which they live. Unfortunately, doing so is like swimming against the current. Most of the rhetoric around technology is teaching our children to see STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, [...]