[Maths-Education] Researcher vacancy at London Knowledge Lab: MiGen project

[Phillip Kent]

LKL has a fixed-term vacancy for a maths education researcher. For
enquiries, please follow the instructions below. I am not personally
involved with this project.

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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

University of London* *

*Research Officer *

*London** Knowledge Lab *

Salary £27,466 - £32,796, plus £2,323 London Allowance

Available from 1 January 2008.  Fixed term until 31 December 2010

Appointment subject to CRB disclosure

MiGen (Intelligent Support for Mathematical Generalisation) is a £1.2
million  project funded by the EPSRC/ESRC under the Teaching and Learning
Research Programme.  The project aims to design, build and evaluate a
pedagogical and technical environment for improving 11-14 year old students'
learning of mathematical generalisation.

You will play a vital support role in the project's educational objectives,
reporting to the project directors.  You will assist in the design of
activity sequences, data collection and analysis, liaising with schools,
designing and analysing evaluations, and writing project reports and papers.

You will have a familiarity with the potential of computers for learning
mathematics, in the area of mathematical or scientific education. You will
have a first degree with a substantial mathematical component, and have
completed, or be in the final stages of completing, a higher degree in the
area of mathematics education, or a field that is cognate to mathematics
education.  The ability to work in a team and write clearly and concisely in
academic English will also be essential for this role.  You must be willing
and able to work in an interdisciplinary environment that involves computer
scientists, learning theorists, teachers and teacher-educators.

For an outline of the project, please visit www.lkl.ac.uk

For an application pack and further details please ring 020 7612 6159 (24
hour answerphone) quoting reference *7AC/CP/1* or e-mail jobs at ioe.ac.uk.
Textphone calls accepted via Typetalk (Typetalk users please call 18001 020
7612 6715 during normal working hours).  Completed applications to be
returned to Human Resources, Institute of Education, University of London, 20
Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL by *5pm on 19 September 2007*.



*We Positively Encourage Applicants from all Sections of the Community*
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