Claire Wigley
Claire is a Design Technology and Inquiry specialist teacher at Spotswood College, based in Taranaki. She enjoys working with students around local environmental issues and tackling problems using the Design
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Claire is a Design Technology and Inquiry specialist teacher at Spotswood College, based in Taranaki. She enjoys working with students around local environmental issues and tackling problems using the Design
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Sam is now sharing his
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Field-Based STEM is founded on tried and tested programmes that embrace learning in the outdoors. Tony Jones is the founder of Field Based STEM and for many years he has successfully run Science Departments and whole school curricula that have been underpinned by field work.
Field-Based STEM have several facilitators who provide Science PLD underpinned by authentic outdoor experiences.
Tony is an MOE Accredited PLD Facilitator (Accreditation Number: ACC1342). He can help you access Professional Development Funding from the Ministry of Education so that you can access the PLD that you need on your journey to deliver equitable field – based STEM programmes.
Unlike scientific community programmes that are expensive and require lots of investment, field work is done by individuals and is accessible to anyone.
The skills gained during field work open up a huge area for everyone undertaking it.