The following posts are being advertised. Please
pass on details to colleagues who may be
interested. (Apologies to anyone getting this
several times through different lists).

Keith


Research Associate and Research Associate/Assistant
Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM Education:
Student Engagement and Learning in Early
Secondary-School Physical Science and Mathematics

The Faculty of Education at the University of
Cambridge (http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/) is a
leading international centre for educational
research and teacher development. The Faculty is
currently seeking to make appointments to two
research positions.

Applications are invited for one full-time
Research Associate position and one half-time
Research Associate/Assistant position, available
for up to 38 months from 1 November 2008,
starting date negotiable. The postholders will
work on an ESRC-funded research project,
'Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM
Education: Student Engagement and Learning in
Early Secondary-School Physical Science and
Mathematics' [epiSTEMe], which forms part of the
Economic and Social Research Council [ESRC]
Targeted Initiative on Science and Mathematics
Education. Under the leadership of Profs. Kenneth
Ruthven, Christine Howe, Neil Mercer and Dr.
Keith Taber, the post-holders will join a
research team collaborating with 20 teacher
co-researchers to design and evaluate a theorised
teaching intervention, using a variety of
research methods.

Fuller details of post responsibilities and
person specifications are provided in the further
particulars. Appointment at Research Associate
level requires a PhD in Education or a cognate
area, or equivalent research training, experience
and achievement. Salary according to
qualifications and experience on the Research
Associate scale (currently £25,888-£33,780 per
annum) or Research Assistant scale (currently
£22,332-£25,135), pro-rata for part-time.

For further particulars and details of the
application process please see
www.educ.cam.ac.uk/jobs.html or email
pam26@... or telephone +44 (0) 1223 767600.

Informal enquiries should be made to the Project
Director (Prof. Kenneth Ruthven) on
kr18@....

The closing date for applications is 14 July 2008.

--
Dr. Keith S. Taber

http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/staff/taber.html
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/kst24/

University Senior Lecturer in Science Education
Science Education Centre
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
184 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 8PQ
United Kingdom


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