50%/100% Researcher Position: Learning Sciences
- Ort: Luxembourg
- Arbeitszeit: Vollzeit
- Beginn: 01.11.08
- Befristung: 31.10.11
- Bezahlung/Besoldungsklasse: k.A.
- Disziplinen: Medien-/Kulturwissenschaft, Didaktik
- Sprachen: Sprachenübergreifend
- Frist: 01.10.08
PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT (position to be published within the next weeks, www.uni.lu/jobs))
50%/100% Researcher Position
Junior (MA) and/or Senior (PhD) researcher level in the field of the Learning Sciences
specializing in discourse/interactional linguistics and/or science education/learning and/or multi-media/IT and learning with a strong focus on the multilingual/multi-modal dimensions of knowledge construction (Project: CODI-SCILE-A)
Full-time and/or part-time (40h/week and/or 20h/week)
Planned starting time: November 2008 (end of contract October 2011)
Contributing to the UL's Priority "Building Excellence in Education", the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (LSHASE) hosts the Unit for Sociocultural Research on Learning and Development with the group DICA-lab being particularly active in the field of medial, plurilingual and multi-modal learning.
The project "Competences for organizing discourse-in-interaction & science learning" (CODI-SCILE-A) specifically focuses on scientific knowledge construction by children (age 4 - 8) as discourse-in-interaction practices, features and formats with regard to the multi-modal, multi-medial and multi-lingual quality of resources deployed and taken up by the learners.
The project team is looking for a highly motivated, internationally experienced researcher (MA-level and/or PhD-level) in the field of the learning sciences with a proven record as regards the integration, set-up and/or management of data-driven scientific projects. Experiences with the creative-/media-industries (e.g., interface design, learning media) and/or schooling institutions an asset.
The successful candidate/s hold/s a relevant degree (MA-level or doctorate (PhD)) in one of the following fields, relevant to the project: educational sciences, (multi-modal/multi-medial) communication and information technology, interactional studies, learning (including human/machine), applied linguistics, science learning, activity/socio-cultural theory.
Substantial, theoretically grounded methodological skills as regards the (analytical/technical) handling of developmental/interactional data are required, prior experiences in collecting and integrating situated data into corpora-/data-treatment-systems are an asset.
Experiences in working with development (language/s, resources, socio-cognitive dimensions, activity dimensions) in a specific domain (e.g., science) or a specific age group (e.g., pre-primary/primary) represent an advantage.
The candidate(s) will join the project CODI-SCILE-A (Prof. Dr. Max, Ass.-Prof. Dr. Ziegler) within the DICA-lab working group of the Unit for Sociocultural Research on Learning and Development (Research Unit LCM. Language, Culture, Media and Identities, www.lcmi.uni.lu; www.dica-lab.org).
As the candidate/s will be working with different types of data covering an array of languages and modalities, she/he has excellent command of at least two of the following languages: German and/or French/English (written and spoken), Luxembourgish and/or a further Romance language an asset. Advanced level of using learning platforms and other interactional IT-/medial devices an asset. Excellent self-management skills, ability and willingness to engage into active team-management a prerequisite, intercultural, technical and interdisciplinary awareness as well as a motivation to join a challenging environment within a trilingual, international and young University are prerequisites for this position.
Candidates should submit the following documents, by October 1st, 2008 (upon official publicaiton of the position via www.uni.lu/jobs):
- letter of motivation, stating the link of previous work/interests to the position within the project
- curriculum vitae
- record of publications and projects (if applicable)
- copies of diploma(s)
- two references (relevant to the position)
For further information as regards the project please contact:
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Gudrun Ziegler
Phone: (+352) 46 66 44 9363
Mail: gudrun.ziegler@uni.lu
Publiziert von: Kai Nonnenmacher