Jennifer Mansfield

In a world that’s changing faster than ever, the skills of creativity and critical thinking are becoming more and more essential. In our latest podcast episode of Let's Talk Teaching we explore how these skills can be cultivated in the classroom. bit.ly/4diDxHA

🔊 Learners who are self-directed, autonomous and independent can fluently retrieve, transfer, integrate, and apply their knowledge, skills and capabilities across disciplinary boundaries. ▶️ Explore how schools have utilised problem-based learning to nurture student knowledge and skill development. 👉 bit.ly/3Nkgt03

Very proud to share the Illustrations of practice videos featuring teachers from Assisi Catholic College and St Paul the Apostle Doreen. Fantastic insights about problem based learning #PBL in #STEMEducation #theSTEMproblem

When working on a problem, collaboration enables the sharing of diverse ideas, negotiating, offering and accepting feedback. Intrinsic motivation is an important precursor for collaboration and problem-solving. Explore frameworks and illustrations of practice for collaboration based intrinsic motivation: bit.ly/3Zlrwx7

🚨New Pod🚨 How do you create more creative classrooms? U.S. primary school teacher Billie Freeland & science teacher educator @JenMScience tell the OECD’s @DuncanCrawford_ that rethinking teaching training can make a big difference. 🎧Top Class➡️ bit.ly/3UZxnED

@MonashEducation Looking forward to sharing the Illustrations of Practice later this week related to Rich and Relevant learning contexts.

⚛️ The Monash STEMproblem research group is launching a suite of resources exploring problem-based learning! 🔭 The team generated 4 Principles of Practice for problem-based learning in school-based STEM education. 🔊 Stay tuned! The first principle will launch in Science Week.

📢@MonashEducation are seeking a Level B Lecturer in Learning & Teaching (Expertise in #ScienceEd/#DigiTechEd/#ArtsEd highly desired). Applications 📆 27 May 2024 More ℹ️👇 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/…

Excited to share this video featuring teachers from #theSTEMproblem @MelbCathSchools sharing insights about problem-based learning in #STEM #PBL @MonashEducation To find out more: monash.edu/education/rese… youtu.be/uWBjXi_NdQM?si… via @YouTube

Amazing day exploring the role of hands on learning activities in the biology classroom with the biology pre-service teachers - Brooke Hands and @JenMScience @MonashEducation

Amazing. First cow to produce human insulin in its milk created in Brazil #SciHumE #VCEBiology #ethicalthinking cosmosmagazine.com/science/biolog… #science via @CosmosMagazine

50 remarkable and inspirational women in Australian science #SciHumE cosmosmagazine.com/people/society… #science via @CosmosMagazine

Would you buy a glowing house plant? Glow way! Bioluminescent houseplant hits US market for first time nature.com/articles/d4158… #SciHumE

This hybrid baby monkey is made of cells from two embryos nature.com/articles/d4158… Interesting context for a case study about the use of stem cells. Includes #ethicalconcerns #VCEBiology #U2AOS3 #SciHumE

Happy #ScienceWeek - looking forward to hearing stories from teachers in #theSTEMproblem STEMinar this thursday night at 6:30pm. Its not to late to register. All welcome monash.edu/education/even… @MonashEducation

This moss survived 165 million years — and now it's under threat from climate change nature.com/articles/d4158… Great article for #SciHumE year 7 #classification #AC9S7U01 year 10 #naturalselection #AC9S10U02 and impact of #climatechange on species survival #AC9S7U02

Interested in embedding assessment questions in videos? In this Educator Voices article, Annie Prud’homme-Généreux details research-based strategies for designing effective interactive videos using our Interactive Video Builder tool. bit.ly/VideoBuilderEV

Are offshore windfarms a problem for whales? cosmosmagazine.com/earth/whales-o… #science via @CosmosMagazine Example of human impact on food webs #SciHumE #VCSSU093 #EDF5124

Great for futures thinking in the classroom. Frontiers and the World Economic Forum collaboration reveals the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report  blog.frontiersin.org/2023/06/27/fro… #SciHumE