Background
Barone-Nugent was born on 12 June 1959 in Adelaide, Australia.
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Eroia Barone-Nugent
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Barone-Nugent is experienced with secondary science teaching, science and education research and she is an education program leader and innovator. She is currently on secondment to the University of Melbourne to lead the Growing Tall Poppies Science Partnership Program. She is funded by the Australian Government"s "Australian Mathematics and Science Partnership Program" (AMSPP).
The goal of her program is to increase the number students, especially girls, studying science and particularly physics to year 12.
Barone-Nugent is an Honorary Senior Fellow in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne and an Adjunct Association Professor in the College of Science Health & Engineering at Louisiana Trobe University. The Growing Tall Poppies Science Partnership Program is active in Victoria and expanding to NSW and Queensland.
In 2009 Barone-Nugent was named as "A Victorian Who Inspired Us" for her contribution to science education. The Growing Tall Poppies Program (GTP) was founded through a common interest between two people.
Keith Nugent and Eroia Barone-Nugent.
The aim was to engage students with physics before they made their subject choices for their final years of high school. Over the last few years the number of students in these physical sciences have decreased, especially with women. GTP wants to create an awareness of the opportunities that can arise from physics and how it can help people, by creating scientifically aware students.
Updates about the GTP program and information about winners can be found on the Growing Tall Poppies Twitter accountant
Achievements
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Barone-Nugent, a teacher at Santa Maria College, Northcote, was one of three finalists for the 2012 Eureka Prize for Science or Mathematics Teaching. The nomination was in recognition of her work with the Science Growing Tall Poppies Program (GTP) in schools. The program is a collaboration between schools, systems, and universities to raise the profile and quality of teaching of physical sciences for girls.
