forwarded in case anyone on the list may be interested:


>Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:50:59 -0400
>From: "John Penick" <john_penick@...>
>To: <aste@...>
>Subject: Position Available
>Sender: owner-aste@...
>Reply-To: "John Penick" <john_penick@...>
>
>
>Assistant or Associate Professor of Science Education
>North Carolina State University
>Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
>
>Our large, specialized department of 30 full-time faculty is seeking
>a talented and energetic tenure-track professor, at the assistant or
>associate professor level. Candidates seeking associate professor
>rank must have an exemplary record of scholarship and leadership.
>Salaries at NCSU are competitive and the position begins August
>2006. For more information about the department, college, and
>university, visit www.ncsu.edu/ced/mste/
>
>Review of candidates will begin December 1, 2005 and will continue
>until the position is filled.
>
>Qualifications and Responsibilities: The successful applicant will
>conduct a focused program of research and scholarship in science
>education; participate in a collaborative, field-based teacher
>education program teaching methods and supervising clinical field
>experiences; advise undergraduate and graduate students in course
>selection and research development; provide service to the
>department, college, university, and profession: provide outreach
>activities to the local, state, national professional community.
>Candidates must have middle or secondary school science interest and
>teaching experience, a doctorate in science education, eligibility
>for North Carolina secondary or middle school science licensure, and
>strong research potential appropriate for a Research Extensive
>University. Experience or interest in applying educational
>technology to one's own teaching and to issues in the area of
>research focus is highly desirable.
>
>Salary: Competitive for Research Extensive universities.
>
>About the Department: The Department of Mathematics, Science and
>Technology Education now includes eight science education faculty
>members. We have a state-funded Center for Research in Mathematics
>and Science Education and more than 16,000 square feet of offices,
>classrooms, and laboratories, and a very competent staff in our
>north campus location. The newly opened William and Ida Friday
>Institute for Educational Innovation has its own building of 30,000
>square feet on our rapidly growing and adjacent high tech Centennial
>Campus. Our department, with more than $12 million in external
>funding, will play a major role in this outstanding research and
>development facility. We are a vibrant, growing, and creative
>department. The College and central administration are supportive,
>and we are planning a new elementary teacher education program in
>the fall of 2006, that, if funded, will require additional faculty
>in Mathematics and Science Education.
>The future looks very good. Our students are excellent, our faculty
>members have discrete lines of research, a number of successful
>textbooks in print, many grants and partnerships with schools, and
>plans for more. Our status in the University is solid as the
>faculty of this department generate a significant amount of the
>external funding of our College. Plus Raleigh and North Carolina
>offer unparalleled climate, friendly people, excellent students,
>beaches, mountains, and the cultural advantages of an exciting,
>dynamic, and growing metropolitan area. This is an ideal time to
>move to NCSU and Raleigh.
>
>To Apply: Send current C.V. and full contact information for
>your references to:
>Dr. Gail Jones
>Professor
>Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
>Box 7801
>North Carolina State University
>Raleigh NC 27695-7801
>(919) 515 6910
>Applications will be accepted electronically
>Gail_Jones@...
>
>Review of candidates will begin December 1, 2005 and will continue
>until the position is filled.
>
>North Carolina State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative
>action employer. Persons with disabilities requesting reasonable
>accommodations in the application process should contact the search
>committee.


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Dr. Keith S. Taber
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/staff/taber.html
University Lecturer in Science Education
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
184 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 2PQ


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