Speaking at Association of Science (ASE) Educators Conference 2017
Today was a really interesting day, as I did a one hour talk at the Association of Science Educations (ASE) Conference 2017 at Reading University. The ASE is a membership organisation for Science teachers and I spoke to those teaching pupils aged 11-18 years.
It was interesting to visit Reading University and look around as well as Reading, I have visited Birmingham, Manchester and Cambridge.
My talk was about how they were a key part in the programme to get more BAME people into nature, by them concentrating on teaching secondary age teenagers about nature, conservation and environmental issues as well as trying to get them interested in and connecting with nature. I focused on the need to educate pupils about studying sciences, ensuring that they and their parents understand the professions that they can go into with say a biology degree, such as conservation or environmental careers.
I talked about the research, Camp Avalon, the Race Equality in Nature Conference and Black2Nature.
These are my slides and notes from my talk and it would be great if you could spread it to as many people especially teachers to read possible:
https://1drv.ms/b/s!AlHI1zymOkP6lRV-4q0zbGKfHl1q
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| Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at ASE Conference Photograph copyright Mya-Rose Craig |
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| Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at ASE Conference Photograph copyright Mya-Rose Craig |
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| Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at ASE Conference Photograph copyright Mya-Rose Craig |
About The Author
Hi, I’m Dr. Mya-Rose Craig. I am a 19-year-old prominent British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, environmentalist, diversity activist as well as an author, speaker and broadcaster. At age 11 I started the popular blog Birdgirl, and at age 17 I became the youngest person to see half of the birds in the world.
Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ - Margaret Atwood
This is my story; a journey defined by my love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.
Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ - Margaret Atwood
This is my story; a journey defined by my love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.