Advocating for STEM

Krista Nisi is the Head Writer at Cool Australia and brings over 15 years of experience working in education, tertiary education and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.

Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech start-up and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!

In this course, you hear from Nick Pattison. Nick is a STEM specialist teacher who has been an advocate for STEM in schools in NZ schools, where he worked for 8 years and set up STEM programs in both primary and secondary schools where community, industry and schools work together. Nick has recently moved to Australia having recently started a new role as a STEM coordinator in Tulliallan Primary, Victoria.