STIR: SEEING,TALKING,
INTERROGATING,
REFLECTING.

A resource for educators who want to facilitate meaningful, critical, and compassionate classroom conversations around gender and sexuality.

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What you will find inside the STIR teaching and learning resource

You’ll get a downloadable PDF of 19 scaffolded activities backed by research, mapped to the Australian curriculum, and annotated with our 7 STIR principles: ethics, interactivity, intersectionality, justice, strategic empathy, thick belonging, and vulnerability.

Each activity includes:

Anticipated student responses
Activity variations, differentiations, and extensions
Embedded discussion prompts
Timing guides & material checklists
Australian curriculum links and suggested year levels
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Front cover of the STIR resource with colorful decorative organic elements and text that outlines "Seeing, Talking, Interrogating, Relfecting"

Partners that supports our mission:

DCJ
Monash University
USYD
DIVERSITY

Teaching resource for gender and sexuality diversity

STIR allow students to critically consider the influences in their world. They also help all students to express their feelings, thoughts, and aspirations.

STIR offers flexible, research-backed activities that help teachers guide thoughtful, inclusive dialogue without needing all the answers.

Create space, not silence.

Invite conversations that have too often been avoided. STIR activities help open up classroom dialogue around gender, sexuality, power, and belonging—without putting students or teachers on the spot.

Teach with care and curiosity.

Designed with flexibility in mind, every activity can be adapted to suit your class. Whether you’re co-teaching, using peer facilitation, or integrating into English or PDHPE, STIR meets you where you are.

Build a braver classroom.

From discussion prompts to group agreements, STIR supports classrooms where discomfort isn’t avoided but embraced, as a doorway to deeper learning and mutual respect.
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