Nearly 1 in 3 science teachers in English secondary schools are planning on leaving teaching within 5 years. High workload, stress and exhaustion highlighted as major factors in decisions to quit, according to @RoySocChem survey
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According to John Hattie, "we need to get better at learning transfer." When students can apply their learning in various settings, we know they have learned and that our teaching has had impact.
What has worked to model this concept in your classroom? ow.ly/9IOB50Egg1r
#STEM requires integrated approaches & transferable skills rather than just individual subject knowledge. #STEMeducation is not integrated into the curriculum. We have a window of opportunity to integrate STEM into the curriculum with project-based learning #PBL & #skills
Towards a curriculum for the complexities of the 21st century – Education in the face of existential threat A new post by @AimeeQuicks and @Complexchange1 educationthreat.wordpress.co…
Dates for our next Work Experience programmes. We recently ran our first ever virtual work experience and we’re happy to say it was a success. We are therefore able to make plans for the 20/21 school year. When applications open we will promote here and on Facebook.
“The IOP scholarship has introduced me to a community of physics specialists, all at the same stage in our teaching careers.” John, IOP Scholar.
Find out more at iop.org/scholarships but hurry as the final closing date for applications is 13 July!
Are all students at the same place in STEM? Ensure outreach is targetted at the right students with the right outcomes!🤩#excite 🤔#engage 👩🔬#excel in #STEM
#STEM is laced with rhetoric of economic competition but access to technology and #STEMeducation is about being able to be a flourishing citizen in a highly techno-scientific world. Make #STEM4all#STEMdiversity
If you haven't heard about our @PrimarySciCap project yet, check out our blog piece which introduces how taking a social justice approach to teaching can build your students' science capital: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/primaryscica…#PrimarySTEMChat
ALT Three pillars of equitable teaching: personalising and localising; eliciting value and linking; and building students' science capital
We are delighted to see the report's foregrounding of equity issues, and their recommendations to make STEM more relevant to young people's lives & to address inequalities linked to double and triple science GCSE. Full report: bsa.sc/appg#EduPolicy#EquityInSTEM
Great to welcome 4 new Computing Hubs today @BohuntSchool@TamesideCollege @PrioryLSST @WokingHigh to the @WeAreComputing network - we look forward to working together to ensure all young people benefit from a high quality computing education