We have an opening for a graduate student research assistant to join our
top-ranked program in Science Education at Western Michigan University
(http://www.wmich.edu/science). Applicants with a bachelors degree may
apply to the concurrent-enrollment program that allows them to earn a M.A.
degree in a science discipline from a WMU science department and a Ph.D. in
Science Education from the Mallinson Institute for Science Education.
Applicants who already have a masters degree can apply directly to the Ph.D.
program.
Graduate Research Assistant Needed to Study Institution-Wide Transformation
of Introductory Science Labs
WMU researcher Charles Henderson has been contracted to study the
implementation and impact of a major science reform effort at Iowa State
University. With support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Iowa
State is planning to change their introductory science labs to allow
students to pose meaningful questions (as opposed to traditional ‘cookbook’
style labs). Environmental issues will be a major overarching theme of the
project. See http://www.hhmi.org/news/iastate20100520.html for more details
about the larger program.
A graduate student research assistant is needed to work on this project.
The position will start in September 2010 and last for four years. The goal
of the project is to study how and to what extent these changes become
institutionalized at Iowa State as well as barriers and affordances to such
institutionalization. Project activities will include conducting interviews
and surveys with key stakeholders, targeted observations, as well as
analysis of project documents. If you are interested in finding out more
about this project, please contact Dr. Charles Henderson at
Charles.Henderson@wmich.edu. Successful applicants must meet the enrollment
criteria for the graduate program in Science Education at the Western
Michigan University Mallinson Institute for Science Education (more details
at http://www.wmich.edu/science).
