Fast Tracking the Future Education Program: Sydney Metro Professional Development Project Evaluation

This report details the findings of a research evaluation conducted for Sydney Metro (Transport for NSW) exploring the effectiveness of the Fast Tracking the Future Education professional development program and resource development. The program was conducted in 2018 through the Education Knowledge Network at Western Sydney University, in partnership with Sydney Metro. The program required participating primary and secondary teachers to apply their professional learning through the design, implementation and teacher-evaluation of inquiry-based units of work, using the Sydney Metro infrastructure project as a stimulus. The completed units of work were aligned with the NSW curriculum and were implemented in the participants’ schools across a range of grade levels from Kindergarten to Year 10. The professional development program influenced the implementation of inquiry-based learning by providing the participating teachers with in-depth knowledge if inquiry-based teaching approaches alongside detailed information about the Sydney Metro infrastructure project.