The Indigenous STEM Awards recognise, reward and promote the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people studying and working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The role of professionals, teachers and mentors is also recognised in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students…
Aboriginal Summer School for Excellence in Technology and Science (ASSETS)
Applications for the 2018/19 CSIRO ASSETS program are open from 22 May to 12 June 2018. Students from all over Australia will come together at one of three summer schools to be held in Townsville, Newcastle and Adelaide on the following dates: Townsville: 13–21 December 2018 Newcastle: 3–11 January 2019 Adelaide: 13–21 January…
Congratulations to the 2017 CSIRO Indigenous STEM award winners!
In March we were delighted to hear that several participants in the PRIME Futures Program had won 2017 Indigenous STEM awards. Jim Lowe, YDC Senior Research Associate, recently attended ceremonies in Townsville and Innisfail where the award winners were presented with their medals and certificates. Camila Zuniga-Greve won a teacher award…
Engaging with community in South Australia
Participants in the Adelaide PRIME Futures cluster recently enjoyed a special cultural session as part of the fourth round of YuMi Deadly Maths PD workshops. Young Indigenous students from remote communities in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia come to Wiltja Boarding residential college in Adelaide for their…
New YDC website, blog and more!
We are pleased to announce that the YuMi Deadly Centre website has been revamped and updated. The new website includes this YDC blog where you will find regular news updates. All the free resources from the old website, including the YuMi Deadly Maths Teacher Resources (lesson plans) are available for you to download from the Resources
Teaching mathematics to students with disability
Professor Tom Cooper delighted attendees at Down Syndrome Queensland’s annual Endless Possibilities conference in March with his workshop on teaching mathematics to students with disability. “Really learned about kinaesthetic mathematics which was great – he has a great sense of humour” “Just as motivating as he was 20 years ago when he…
2017 Highlights
In 2017 the YuMi Deadly Centre partnered with 85 schools in projects to provide YuMi Deadly Maths training to more than 300 teachers. We delivered 68 days of teacher professional development and 86 days of school visits in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. Phew! Highlights and key research findings from…
YDC Sharing Summit reflections and feedback
At the end of October, 50 educators travelled from as far afield as Port Lincoln, South Australia, to join the YDC team for the seventh annual YDC Sharing Summit at QUT Kelvin Grove in sunny Brisbane (or ‘Paradise’ as one participant wrote on the feedback form). Attendees enjoyed a wonderful variety of presentations (choosing from 16 in…
YDC Sharing Summit 2016: Highlights
The sixth annual YDC Sharing Summit, ‘Connect, Reflect, Recharge!’, was held on 24-25 October at QUT Kelvin Grove campus. This year’s program featured a keynote presentation from Dr Chris Matthews, Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander Mathematics Alliance, who told the story of the Goompi Model (also known as the…
Maths, story and dance: an Indigenous approach to teaching
A new method using culture-based storytelling to teach maths to Aboriginal children is reaping results. Aboriginal school children on average lag two years behind their non-Indigenous peers when it comes to maths, but according to one expert we can bridge the gap by paying better attention to culture. “Maths and science are very much…