{"id":196,"date":"2019-05-16T03:39:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T03:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meristem.anu.edu.au\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:13:00","slug":"diversity-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/index.php\/flipped-classrooms-and-blended-learning\/diversity-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Team teach with a diverse collection of meriSTEM\u00a0experts<\/h2>\n<p>meriSTEM is powered by experts &#8211; university students, professors, and\u00a0STEM\u00a0educators\u00a0volunteer their time and energy to produce complete flipped classroom materials conforming to the Australian Curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>By incorporating the meriSTEM resources in lessons and homework, teachers are inviting this team into the classroom. Students get to know and learn from not just\u00a0a single classroom teacher, but also from presenters of different genders, ages, accents and backgrounds. meriSTEM aims to increase the visibility of experts who don&#8217;t fit the old &#8216;scientist&#8217; stereotype.<\/p>\n<p>Students are enjoying the diversity of meriSTEM presenters:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>92% of students using meriSTEM in 2019 identified that &#8216;learning from diverse presenters as well as my classroom teacher improved my interest in the concepts&#8217;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-196 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-The-Atlantic.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-The-Atlantic-300x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Two drawings from a Draw-a-scientist study (Vasila Christidou)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-The-Atlantic-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-The-Atlantic.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-198'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo drawings from a Draw-a-scientist study (Vasila Christidou)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-A-childs-drawing-of-a-scientist-from-a-Draw-a-Scientist-study-The-Atlantic.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-A-childs-drawing-of-a-scientist-from-a-Draw-a-Scientist-study-The-Atlantic-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Taken from The Atlantic - What we learn from 50 years of asking children to draw scientists\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-A-childs-drawing-of-a-scientist-from-a-Draw-a-Scientist-study-The-Atlantic-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vasila-Christidou-A-childs-drawing-of-a-scientist-from-a-Draw-a-Scientist-study-The-Atlantic.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-197'>\n\t\t\t\tTaken from The Atlantic &#8211; What we learn from 50 years of asking children to draw scientists\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/index.php\/new-to-meristem\/\">New to meriSTEM?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team teach with a diverse collection of meriSTEM\u00a0experts meriSTEM is powered by experts &#8211; university students, professors, and\u00a0STEM\u00a0educators\u00a0volunteer their time and energy to produce complete flipped classroom materials conforming to the Australian Curriculum. 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