Postdoc Researcher in STEM Education, Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines seeks a full-time post-doctoral researcher to
work with an NSF grant-funded project called *Get the Facts Out: Changing
the Conversation around STEM teaching*. Get the Facts Out is an innovative
partnership led by Mines that includes the American Physical Society, the
American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Chemical Society,
the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, behavior change
researchers, teacher educators, and several colleges and universities which
serve as study sites. The grant aims to tackle misperceptions about the
teaching profession with the goal of increasing the fraction of physics,
chemistry, and math majors that choose to pursue middle and high school
teaching as a career.
This position requires travel to the annual project team meeting and a
national conference to report on project findings. The post-doc will work
with Wendy Adams, Physics Education Research Faculty member, and David May,
research manager.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct research on perceptions of teaching as a profession, including
longitudinal analyses of perceptions through surveys, site visits,
interviews, and focus groups.
- Conduct teacher recruitment activities at Mines including
presentations, advising, and assisting with scholarship decisions.
- Supervise undergraduate research assistants, manage budgets, and
report findings through peer-reviewed publications.
Qualifications:
- Candidates must have earned a doctoral degree before the position
start date in physics, chemistry, mathematics, science education, or
communications.
- Candidates can either have a degree in education research or
demonstrated interest in education research.
- The successful candidate will have excellent communications skills,
strong quantitative skills, the ability to work collaboratively, the
self-discipline to work independently, and enjoy multi-tasking.
More information and application instructions may be found here
. *Please submit your application by September 17 for full consideration. *
*David May, Ph.D.*
Project Manager and Research Manager
*Get the Facts Out ** about STEM Teaching
Professions*
Colorado School of Mines
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Stephanie Ryan, Ph.D.
*Ryan Education Consulting LLC*