Beetmash

• Browser based simulation builder
• Education Humanities and Social Sciences

• Works with non-aboriginal case workers
• Goal is to ensure non-aboriginal case workers have understanding of Aboriginal perspective in wellbeing
• Result in better decision making regarding Aboriginal families

Background:

• Founder of Mayi Murru
• Non-aboriginal case-workers lack cultural understanding
• SEWB framework provides indigenous perspective on wellbeing

• In 2024 World Economic Forum ranked global risks
• Each of these with the exception of cybersecurity are problems for which strong understanding of social dynamics at play is essential

• Humanities education 17B industry aus
  • Aus universities 41B, 2022 - https://universitiesaustralia.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/220523-Data-snapshot-2022_web.pdf
  • Vocational and training 12.5b 2023 - https://www.ibisworld.com/au/market-size/technical-vocational-education-training/#:~:text=The%20market%20size%2C%20measured%20by,was%20%2412.5bn%20in%202023.
  • Govt Primary and high school 29.2b 2024 - https://www.education.gov.au/schooling/reports-school-funding
  • 21% of subjects are HASS - https://www.universityrankings.com.au/social-sciences-schools-rankings/
• Disproportionately lower funding than STEM
  • 7% of funding despite 20% of curriculum
• Experiential Education
  • Role playing
  • 45% more effective than lessons without
  • Effective but resource intensive

• Design, Simulate, Evaluate

• Learning in all three steps

• Evaluation

  • Valuable for student and teacher or trainer

• Is

  • For insight
  • For intuition
  • Emergent metaphors
  • Creating aspects

• Is not

  • For prediction
  • 1:1 replication

• Quote from my favorite visionary educator