The Rutgers University Graduate School of Education is seeking to fill a postdoctoral position in ecology education/curriculum design. This position is part of a 3 year IES funded project: “Systems and Cycles: Using Structure-Behavior-Function Thinking as a Conceptual Tool for Understanding Complex Natural Systems in Middle School Science.” This is an interdisciplinary project across the Graduate School of Education and School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University and the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Responsibilities include taking a leadership role in designing and packaging curriculum units, developing teacher materials and professional development, and coordinating classroom research and data analysis. This individual will be a collaborator on our research team who will be fully involved in research and writing. The successful candidate will have demonstrated success in research and scholarly publication in the areas of science education and curriculum design. Qualifications: PhD required. Must have experience with curriculum design and technology-enhanced learning environments. Strong background in biology or environmental science preferred. Start date: June 1, 2009 Interested candidates should send a letter of inquiry and CV to Dr. Cindy Hmelo-Silver (cindy.hmelo-sil...@gse.rutgers.edu) or Dr Rebecca Jordan (rebeccacjor...@yahoo.com).
