Stillingstittel: Two PhD Research Fellows in Mathematics Education

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

The University of Agder offers more than 150 study programmes and an active and leading research environment. We emphasize respect, openness and the ability to show commitment and pride concerning both your own and others' results. Our 1100 staff and 12000 students enjoy daily life and scholarly activities at our modern and functional campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad. 

Jobbnorge ID: 128837

The University of Agder invites applications for two PhD fellowships in Mathematics Education for a

period of 3 years, for suitable candidates there is the possibility of extending the period to 4 years

including 25 % teaching duties. Starting date 1. January 2017.

 

The fellowship is within one of the three projects:

1. Digital Interactive Mathematics. The project is a collaboration between UiA and two schools on lower secondary level, and build on principles of inquiry and learning communities. The aim is to develop and investigate innovative uses of digital technology in mathematics teaching and learning, including use of interactive software, simulations and video. A research fellow will collaborate both with teachers in their development of approaches for pupils learning and with didacticians at UiA to carry out research on the development and pupils work with the material.
2. Mathematics education research at kindergarten level. The PhD fellow will in this project conduct research in the context of kindergarten teachers who implement mathematical activities elaborated within the Agder project. In this project the focus is five-year-olds learning and development within four areas of competence, social skills, self-regulation, language, and mathematics. A possible approach is to focus on how participating children learn mathematical concepts and ideas, applying a qualitative and/or quantitative research strategy.  Another possible approach is to focus on issues related to kindergarten teachers' competences and implementation of mathematical activities.
3. Engineering students' use of resources for learning mathematics in courses in which lectures are on-line. The study of mathematics in Norwegian universities is changing. Lectures in some courses, once a core element of mathematics instruction, have disappeared and been replaced by on-line resources. How do students manage their learning in these new environments? This question (which needs to be refined by the PhD fellow) drives this research fellowship. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work closely with an international research team who are interested in exploring the complete set of resources (human and non-human) that students refer to/use in their mathematical studies but the PhD stipend will have considerable freedom (and support) with regard to their own research design. The team is also interested in the special case of engineering students but there is scope for the PhD stipend to focus on a different group of university students.

The University of Agder has excellent library support and collection of research literature in mathematics education (in English and Scandinavian languages) and on-line access to all leading journals in the field. The mathematics education community at the University of Agder is one of the largest groups of mathematics education researchers in the Nordic region. Mathematics education has been a priority research area for the university for over two decades and a substantial international group of researchers has been developed. The community runs the Centre of Excellence for Education: Centre for Research, Innovation and Coordination of Mathematics Teaching (MatRIC).

 

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Agder

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Gimlemoen 25 4630 KRISTIANSAND S

Job kort beskrivelse: Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians

Land: Norge

Region: Vest-Agder

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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