Maximising the Impact of Inspiration

Scitech’s STEM club is an after-school program providing participants with a safe environment to undertake self-lead creative STEM projects. In this session, I will detail the impact of non-teacher role-models on participants, especially those who do not excel in classroom settings, and explore the project-based, student-centred pedagogy of the STEM Club program, with respect to how it helps create a safe environment for tinkering and learning valuable 21st century skills. I will also explore strategies for proactively being a good STEM role-model, and how to better inspire groups under-represented in STEM.