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In this episode, Dr. Peter Dalmaris and Marcus Schappi talk with Peter Mahony.
Peter is manager of Education and Digital Learning for Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. He leads program direction and delivery for the Museum’s school learning experiences including Thinkspace and The Mars Lab, coding and game design. As learning leader for MAAS, a lean startup approach involves staging punk learning ‘design experiments’ in partnership with young people and school educators or the co-design of bespoke learning experiments.
He initiated Sydney’s first Mini-Maker Faire back in 2014, which has since evolved into an annual event. He has a Master of Teaching, Graduate Diploma in Music Therapy, Bachelor of Arts. Peter’s background is performing and community arts. Back in the day, as performer and musician, he toured nationally and internationally with Castanet Club, including the Edinburgh Arts Festival Fringe, and nationally with theatre and cabaret shows. Currently, Peter sings tenor in Sydney gospel choir Cafe of the Gate of Salvation.
This is Stemiverse Podcast episode 27.
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Show Notes
- [spp-timestamp time=”00:00″] Introduction – Introducing Peter Mahony
- [spp-timestamp time=”02:30″] Peter and Marcus discuss Marcus’ bitcoins
- [spp-timestamp time=”03:28″] Peter Mahony talks about his work at the Powerhouse Museum
- [spp-timestamp time=”05:26″] Peter Mahony’s background and his relationship to education
- [spp-timestamp time=”07:59″] Peter’s teaching activities
- [spp-timestamp time=”09:10″] What is a TeachMeet
- [spp-timestamp time=”10:48″] How has Peter’s teaching changed from when he first started?
- [spp-timestamp time=”12:41″] How to prepare to teach by providing the maximum amount of choice
- [spp-timestamp time=”13:47″] The role of museums today in delivering and shaping Education, how they have changed during the last decade and what the Powerhouse Museum is about
- [spp-timestamp time=”15:52″] The Exploratorium (Official Website)
- [spp-timestamp time=”16:33″] The Powerhouse as an interactive museum
- [spp-timestamp time=”21:30″] Learning by discussion
- [spp-timestamp time=”23:35″] Linguistics Professor at Arizona State University, James Paul Gee, famous for writing about Games and Learning: Passionate Affinity Space
- [spp-timestamp time=”25:17″] See, Think, Wonder – Visible Thinking – Project Zero
- [spp-timestamp time=”28:40″] Where does Peter think Education is heading? The drive towards authenticity
- [spp-timestamp time=”30:26″] Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change
- [spp-timestamp time=”33:44″] “This project will investigate how teachers can use the untapped potential of Innovative Learning Environments (ILEs) to improve learning outcomes for students. It will identify whether there is a link between quality teaching and effective use of ILEs and develop practical tools to assist teachers to adapt their teaching practices to maximize deeper learning.”
- [spp-timestamp time=”35:36″] Transfer of responsibility and ownership from the teachers to the students
- [spp-timestamp time=”37:19″] Moving away from prescribed curricula towards student-lead, research-lead or project-lead Education
- [spp-timestamp time=”39:10″] Adding Design to STEM (STEMD)
- [spp-timestamp time=”40:47″] What is Design and why should it be included in STEM?
- [spp-timestamp time=”44:09″] Practical examples of exhibits in the museum that highlight design aspects of an artifact
- [spp-timestamp time=”47:40″] Coding and Arduino courses at the museum – The Lilypad ProtoSnap
- [spp-timestamp time=”54:13″] Building the product and applying the principles of design
- [spp-timestamp time=”55:45″] The ThinkerShield
- [spp-timestamp time=”58:00″] https://maas.museum/learn/thinkershield/
- [spp-timestamp time=”59:41″] Target age groups for the ThinkerShield
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:00:47″] Rapid Fire Questions
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:01:02″] Peter’s greatest influences: James Paul Gee, Ron Berger(from Expeditionary Learning) and his book An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students, Nina Simon and her book The Art of Relevance and Elaine Gurian
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:04:45″] The Powerhouse Museum is a place that connects us to both the past and the future
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:05:33″] Peter’s contact information: Museum Website:https://maas.museum/learn/ Email: [email protected] Twitter:@vergeofperil