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Distinguished Visiting Scholars – July 2019

Dr. Sue Cranmer and A/Prof Ruurd Taconis

We are delighted to be hosting two visiting scholars in our Centre in Spring, 2019: Dr. Sue Cranmer (Lancaster Uni, UK); A/Prof Ruurd Taconis (Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Their visits will form part of ongoing and growing collaborations between UTS and these two KTP universities. Dr. Cranmer is PI on our recently submitted Australian Research Council Discovery application led by our Centre titled: Smart Education in Schools of the Future: Transforming Practice.

Distinguished Visitor Scholar – March 2019

Professor Merrilyn Goos from University of Limerick visited in March 2019 to engage in close collaborations and partnerships with Centre members. Professor Goos is recognised as a world leading authority in Mathematics education and is Director of EPI*STEM, the National Centre for STEM Education, at the University of Limerick, Ireland. As a Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Professor Goos shared her expertise to increase the excellence, impact and reputation of the Centre, both nationally and internationally. Associate Professor Anne Prescott hosted Professor Goos during her four-week visit in March 2019.

Featured Case study article – Dr Jane Hunter

The Centre for Social Impact at UTS recently featured Dr. Jane Hunter and her work on High Possibility Classrooms Framework as a case study in Education, to highlight the impact the framework is making in NSW primary schools. The framework support teachers to develop rich units of work and to get primary students’ engaged and switched on about STEM.  Read the High Possibility Classrooms Framework article.

STEM Centre events

Date Event title
Friday 16 August 2019 Innovative Digital Learning workshop at UTS
Friday 9 November 2018 Data in Schools Symposium, University of Technology Sydney 
Wednesday 28 November 2018 STEM Education Futures Workshop, University of Technology Sydney (convened by Professor Sandy Schuck and Professor Peter Aubusson)
Friday 7 Dec 2018 NSW Adult Literacy and Numeracy Council Conference, University of Technology Sydney (Conference convenor Dr. Keiko Yasukawa)
18-19 January 2019 Mobile Technology in Teacher Education Conference MiTE 2019 (Conference chair Dr. Damian Maher)
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.