Engagement
Some things I've been involved in that connect my research and teaching to the world...
2013
Won Three Minute Thesis UTS FASS competition both People’s Choice and academic panel assessed awards.
UTS FASS miniconference presentation
UTS FASS HDR conference e-poster
2014
Presented at UTS FASS HDR Fieldwork Database course
Presented at Monte Sant’ Angelo College career insights evening
Video presentation at FASS HDR conference
2015
Presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Conference: Fresh Minds for Science: Why Science is a bad buy for a 16 year old
2016
Presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Conference: Boys and girls choosing and rejecting science: Same, same, but different
Guess speaker at UTS FASS HDR Literature review writing seminar
UTS FASS Casual academic conference – facilitator ‘Working with Student Feedback’ session
A video of me and colleagues Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn and Don Carter is displayed in building 10 screens showing our award-winning teaching cross-curricular initiative. The video is still being screened!
2017
Presentation at National Science Teachers Summer School ANU. Invited speaker. “Fresh Minds for Science: Why science looks like a bad buy when you’re 16”
Presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Conference: Which way forward for teaching primary science and technology: Cases of generalist & specialist teachers in NSW schools.
In 2017 I presented at my first international conference: European Science Education Research Association in Dublin Ireland (ESERA 2017). My presentation was Science choice at school: Gender and the relative importance of factors students consider when selecting subjects. This work was published in the conference proceedings.
NSW Council of Deans of Education Research in Teacher Education Public Seminar presentation “Fresh Minds for Science: Why science is a bad buy for a 16 year old.”
2018
State finalist for British Council’s Famelab competition https://www.britishcouncil.org.au/sites/default/files/famelab_nsw_semifinal_media_release_2018.pdf
26 April Guest of Dr Karl on BBC5 Live with Rohd Sharp on “5 Live Science” https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p065d2xq
Presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Conference: Primary Teachers’ PL needs in Science Education. What does a new evaluation of Primary Connections reveal?
2019
I appear alongside George Harb in the 'Study teaching at UTS' promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-LPSKeoonk
Presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Conference: Primary Connections Professional Learning: What do teachers really want?
UTS STEM Day: Designed and presented "STEM TEACH" to 82 visiting school students. See more at https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-engineering-and-information-technology/events/uts-stem-day.
I continue to work with Taronga Conservation Society on their new Master of Education (Taronga Conservation Education) degree.
Presenter at Career Insights Evening. Monte Sant’ Angelo College
Video created for Monte Sant' Angelo “Monte Women Leading the Future” video series. I am in episode 8 that can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/349772548/b023a0d3df
UTS Open day (31 August). See more at https://openday.uts.edu.au/
UTS STEM Days in June and November - we made towers and destroyed them. https://youtu.be/fTRRwpi9FOU
ACER 2019 Research Conference poster (see below)
Published "Keep your job options open and don't ditch science when choosing next year's school subjects" in The conversation. https://theconversation.com/keep-your-job-options-open-and-dont-ditch-science-when-choosing-next-years-school-subjects-123012#comment_2014914
Published "How students choose which subjects to study" in Teacher Magazine. https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/how-students-choose-which-subjects-to-study
UTS - Redlands day. Students in Year 12 Extension Science came in to the UTS and Associate Professor Nick Hopwood and I helped them with literature searches for their projects. They met with real scientists!
12 December 2019 I created a workshop and presented it at Kickstart Education #1 ‘Full STEAM ahead’ workshop to potential UTS students 45 min workshop on catapult design and production. In survey all participants rated my workshop 5/5. Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hFWUirBGP4&feature=youtu.be
December 2019. I was filmed for Transformation Video UTS Learning Future re transition to Canvas. If you have UTS access then the video is at
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1buYBekRwyJKl_-NJqLBc6m-kPpBN9Pcm (sorry if you're not in UTS - it's not public so I can't share it)
2020
May: I submitted an entry to the Thinkable.org 2020 Early Career Researcher Showcase hosted by the Cooperative Research Centres Association. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caDnravsUHg (see video below)
June: I presented at the ASERA 2020 (online) video “How Students Say They Choose Their Subjects at School and Its Impact on the Choice of Science” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89FFk966cWE&t=147s and participated in a Q&A on the research.
August: I presented at the UTS FASS National Science Week STEMinar https://lx.uts.edu.au/events/2020-what-is-new-in-stem-and-steam-in-k-6-schools-19-august/
2021
I published an article in The Conversation: Thinking of choosing a science subject in years 11 and 12? Here's what you need to know. https://theconversation.com/thinking-of-choosing-a-science-subject-in-years-11-and-12-heres-what-you-need-to-know-164778
28 July 2021 I was an invited panelist on “Inspiring Science with Global Leaders Thrive”, a podcast series designed to raise awareness of science education in NSW and the celebrations planned for the Science Teachers Association's 70th Anniversary events. The podcast ran live on Global Leaders Thrive Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/globalleadersthrive/ and a recording is on the Science Teachers Association's NSW Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/globalleadersthrive/videos/246081100487088
ACER 2019 poster
ACER 2019 Research Conference poster presentation 4-5 August 2019: A model for how students choose or reject subjects at school and what it means for science.