A message

from our Principal

Our fantastic alumni know that MGC has already provided education for our girls with

a forward thinking lens. The New Media Consortium (NMC) Horizon Report 2015 K-12 Education looks at future trends in education. The report identifies a number of long-term trends in rethinking how schools work in order to bolster student engagement and drive more innovation, as well as shifting to deeper learning approaches, such as project and challenge-based learning. This type of work is reflected in our current project with Professor Yong Zhao, one of the most influential educators in the world today. This project focuses on Entrepreneurial Learning with students developing projects to address real local issues. One example is developing a sustainability project for cleaning the Yarra and providing the approach to Yarra City Council for wider distribution. Our students have met with Professor Zhao in person and via skype links as their project develops. Please see this link for more information.

 

When Melbourne Girls’ College (MGC) was established in 1994, the Department of Education noted that in a rapidly changing society, which will be increasingly characterised by high technology and scientific achievement, girls’ capacities in these areas needed to be extended. The same is true today.

In terms of current and future thinking, innovation and research, how can MGC lead the way for Australian girls' passion for learning and careers in Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.)? Currently Australia is ranked 34 in OECD countries for 15 year old girls' interest and confidence in mathematics.

 

In August 2015 the Leading Teacher profile of MGC was adapted to include a S.T.E.A.M.) Leader. The vision for this role is that the Leader integrates trans-disciplinary, problem based learning in these key disciplines. The program aims to teach students to think both creatively and critically, to have an engineering and design approach towards real-world problems while building on their mathematical and science base.

Current initiatives include:

  • Establishing a STEAM Centre
  • Collaborating with the NAB on a the girls first session worked on developing a driverless car!
  • A 2017 Space Centre and NASA Tour to the U.S.

 

I look forward to continuing our alumni work together – honouring the history of MGC and using it to inspire the very best for our current and future girls.

 

Best regards,

Karen Money

Principal