Released 11/05/2018
Today I officially opened the new Centre for Innovation and Learning at Caroline Chisholm School and saw how the facility is supporting ACT students to develop the skills of the future.
The $5.9 million learning centre provides students and teachers at Tuggeranong public schools, and in the wider ACT public schools network, with access to high quality facilities where they can develop skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
Some estimates suggest that about 75 per cent of the fastest growing occupations require skills in these disciplines. As students develop these skills, they also grow their capability to work collaboratively, think creatively and critically, analyse and solve problems, and use digital technology.
The government’s investment in this centre is supporting ACT students to learn for an unknown future, where our rapidly changing economy means that the jobs and industries in which they’ll work may not currently exist.
The Centre provides flexible areas for individual and small group work, as well as large showcase events. It has multi-use science laboratory facilities for chemical, biological and physical science activities, technology, robotics and 3D printing laboratory facilities, areas for design and construction, electronic displays and writable surfaces, and excellent wireless internet connectivity for online learning and coding.
The building is also flexible enough to be used for other curriculum activities and provides a professional development venue for teachers and teacher professional associations.
While the facilities are impressive, I’m more excited about how the ACT’s amazing teachers will use the Centre to facilitate great learning for inquiring, innovative students. Through the Future of Education conversation, students and business have told me about how important it is that students are learning for the future.
The Centre for Innovation and Learning fulfils a 2015-16 Budget commitment. The government will build on this commitment when it delivers the Academy for Coding and Cyber Skills as promised in the 2016 election.
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