Post Doctoral Scholar
University of California, Berkeley
Visualizing to Integrate Science Understanding for All Learners
(VISUAL) NSF Funded Project
We seek a postdoctoral scholar to join the Visualizing to Integrate Science Understanding for All Learners (VISUAL) project in science and technology education. See VISUAL project abstract below. The postdoctoral scholar will work with a multidisciplinary collaboration funded by the National Science Foundation to explore technology-enhanced science learning [See CLEAR and LOOPS abstracts below]. Participants will work with leaders in education, technology, and the science disciplines. The postdoctoral scholar will conduct a research program in a supportive, exciting environment. This project is part of the Technology Enhanced Learning in Science (TELS) Community and includes leaders at the University of California, Berkeley (Marcia C. Linn), Concord Consortium (Robert Tinker, Chad Dorsey, Kimberle Koille), ETS (Lydia Liu), Tufts (Hee Sun Lee), the Technion (Yael Kali), Vanderbilt (Doug Clark), and the University of Toronto (Jim Slotta).
The postdoctoral scholar will join a team dedicated to exploring how curriculum and assessment using dynamic, interactive scientific visualizations of complex phenomena can ensure that all students learn significant science content. Dynamic visualizations provide an alternative pathway for students to understand science concepts. This pathway can be exploited to increase the accessibility of a range of important science concepts, particularly ones that involve cause-and-effect and emergent phenomena. Computer technologies offer unprecedented opportunities to design curriculum and assessments using visual technologies and to conduct detailed investigations.
The scholar will conduct a research program, collaborate on the design of new technologies, author instructional materials, collaborate with local schools, and design assessments with input from leaders in the field. The scholar will have the opportunity to learn about advances on all fronts of technology and education and to contribute to all aspects of the work.
QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates should have a background in the natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, or computer science and a Ph. D. in education, psychology, mathematics, natural science, engineering, computer science, or a related discipline. Candidates should have research experience relevant to the learning sciences. Experience in the design, implementation, and analysis of science curricula and assessments is an asset. Applicants should demonstrate ability to work on a team, skill in collaborating with practitioners, interest in working in partnerships to develop innovations, and ability to succeed in a school setting.
We seek a candidate who can start in early 2010. The start date is negotiable. The position is for one year with possible renewal for a second year.
TO APPLY
Send CV, statement of purpose, one or more academic papers, and a list of people we might contact for letters of recommendation by November 1, 2009. Send to:
Darah Vickery Savitt: dvs@berkeley.edu
Or mail materials to:
Darah Vickery Savitt
University of California at Berkeley
Graduate School of Education,
Tolman Hall
Berkeley, California 94720-1670
The University of California is an equal opportunity, affirmative
action employer.
