Big Mob: STEM It Up!
The Big Mob: STEM It Up! research project aimed to inform evidence-based strategies for enhancing the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in STEM fields. The project used a multimethod approach including systematic literature reviews, a community-based survey, qualitative interviews, and international case studies on effective approaches to increasing Indigenous participation in STEM.
The team
- Associate Professor , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Associate Professor , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Dr , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- Dr , School of Political Science & International Studies, The University of Queensland
- , School of Education, The University of Queensland
- , School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
- 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听, Australian Government鈥檚 Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice,聽UNSW Sydney聽
- Associate 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Lisa A Williams, School of Psychology,聽UNSW Sydney聽
About the artwork
鈥淭his artwork depicts the importance of collaboration between Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous communities within the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It speaks to the traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous people, and how it can be integrated into modern practices of today.鈥
The artwork for the鈥疊ig Mob, STEM it up!鈥痯roject was done by Naarm Artist, Tara-Rose Butterworth-Gonebale. Tara-Rose is a proud Wagiman Woman from the Western Suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne). She has been an exhibiting artist from as young as eight years of age and has worked in Aboriginal community services for the last ten years.
Tara-Rose is currently working with mob in the correctional space as an Aboriginal Mental Health Worker. You can see more work by Tara-Rose on her鈥痯补驳别鈥痮谤鈥,鈥痮r search for her using her username, @marlimarli_