Santa Maria College Dr Eroia BaroneNugent Growing Tall

Santa Maria College Dr Eroia Barone-Nugent ‘Growing Tall Poppies in Science’ School-Community Partnerships Strengthening Teaching & Learning

1. Partnership between Santa Maria College and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science (CXS) 2. Inaugural 2009 NAB Schools First State Winner Using the Interdisciplinary Nature of Science to Engage Students Creating Relevant-Connected Science Experiences For Secondary Students Attracting and Retaining Students/Girls in the Physical Sciences

Contemporary Learning Through Community Partnerships Is a process through which we can provide students learning opportunities Embedded in the real-world Empower Responsible Problem solvers

Inspiration For: Growing Tall Poppies Program • Moving away from excursion-type activities to promote learning ‘with’ and ‘from’ rather than ‘about’ • Educational Research • Declining numbers of girls studying science especially physics • Sciences in school are discrete disciplines • Understanding of sciences being integrated enables connection

NAB Schools First State Impact Award-2009 • Film

“Not just hands-on, but dealing with real questions e. g. wine industry & climate change”

Sudoku Algorithm

Students work with -The Biologists & Physicists Working Together Cutting Edge Technology

Communication and Sharing: to Build Beyond the Classroom & School

Keeping Inquiry Going

Doing It For Teachers

Summary: value of facing outward • Student Conference – share community • New Partners: 1. Australian Synchrotron 2. The University of Melbourne-Earth Sciences • Student benefit-increased numbers in physics 50% • Academic benefit-communication

Growing Tall Poppies Student Conference- 2010 • Film

Classic Pedagogy • • • Body of knowledge to transfer The teacher decides which knowledge The teacher decides what format The teacher decides what outcomes The teacher decides what assessment The teacher decides level of achievement • Teacher decides range of T/L systems

Classic Space & Time • • • The school house Books reports assignments-endpoints The school yard The school room The desk orientation The ‘blackboard’ focus The teacher student ratio Length of lessons Beginning and end of day

Central Ideas For Students • Empower • Responsible • Connected • Thinking

The changing world & the information revolution • Changed the classroom strategies • Focus remains predominantly within • Moving the focus to a whole world perspective is the challenge

Growing Tall Poppies: authentic science experience for Year 10 students

• What is the Growing Tall Poppies program • What inspired it • How has it changed outcomes: for student, teachers and school

Pedagogue and Pedagogy The slave who …. to learn ……… …. lead the child to the world …. from the masters. • Pedagogy The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction. The teacher is central expert/facilitator of knowledge.