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The NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering
Congratulations, STANSW Member Stuart
Garth from Redeemer Baptist School
200 State, National and International awards. This dedication is
essential in ensuring that our most promising students choose
career paths in STEM-related fields, and become the researchers
and inventors of tomorrow.
The NSW Premier‘s Prizes for Science & Engineering seek to
recognise excellence in science and engineering, and reward
leading researchers for cutting-edge work that has generated
economic, environmental, health, social or technological benefits
for New South Wales.
Aside from his work at Redeemer Baptist School, Stuart has
been at the forefront of the Science Teachers’ Association of
NSW (STANSW) Young Scientist Committee for 20 years. This
leadership has led him to develop a comprehensive website for
students and teachers, including benchmark projects. In recent
years he has single-handedly brought together the professional
STEM Teacher Associations in the promotion of investigation
awards that are entirely syllabus-based.
STANSW is delighted to congratulate Stuart Garth for winning the
NSW State Premier’s Award for science teaching. He works so
hard with his students to help build their skills in scientific research
and does so very successfully. Furthermore, he has been one
of the main driving forces in the expansion of STANSW’s Young
Scientist program and an inspiration for the teams that have been
selected to partake in the International Science and Engineering
Festival (ISEF) in the USA each year, with extraordinary success.
Well done Stuart!
Furthermore, the new NSW Depth Studies and Science Extension
Course are a direct result of Stuart‘s active deliberations with
Kerry Sheehan from NESA, providing structured frameworks to
conduct investigations in class time.
Stuart’s leadership has influenced not only the students under
his direct care, but thousands who have been involved in the
STANSW Young Scientist Competition and many thousands more
who will benefit from the changes he has inspired in NESA‘s new
science courses.
Stuart was presented with his Award on Tuesday evening, 30th
October, 2019, with the Governor, the NSW State Premier and
the State Minister for Education.
Read about all the 2019 award recipients at
https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/premiersprizes/2019-
category-winners
Category 9: Innovation in Science or Mathematics
Teaching in NSW
Stuart Garth – Redeemer Baptist School
Premier’s Prize Recipients’
Stuart Garth has been actively teaching open-ended investigations
at Redeemer Baptist School for over 30 years. His remarkable
leadership has led to 15 of his students being selected to
represent Australia at the world‘s largest pre-university STEM
competition, the International Science and Engineering Fair
(ISEF). This representation is three times greater than any other
teacher in Australia, a particularly impressive result for a single-
streamed school.
Stuart‘s innovative student-centred teaching style has seen him
mentor over 300 STEM projects, which have received more than
Stuart Garth with Premier
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