Exploring ACARA’s STEM Connections with Melanie Hughes

What is transdisciplinary STEM learning and how do we make it work in an Australian classroom?   ACARA curriculum specialist Melanie Hughes unpacks the Australian Curriculum STEM Connections resource and explores how it supports teachers to bring real-world STEM learning into the classroom and the curriculum. We look at the purpose behind the Curriculum connections, the growing need to teach concepts that sit beyond traditional subject boundaries, and how context-rich STEM learning can both lift student engagement and strengthen learning outcomes.   Links:   https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/stem-connections   About Melanie Hughes:   Melanie Hughes is a curriculum specialist at ACARA, where she leads the Australian Curriculum: Technologies and the General Capability: Digital Literacy. She has extensive experience across primary and secondary education in both the public and independent sectors and has contributed to major technologies focused cross-sector projects in education. Her professional areas of interest span STEM and STEAM,  AI, immersive VR/AR, game-based learning, circular design and media literacy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.