Research Associate

We wish to appoint a part-time Research Associate to an ESRC-funded project entitled ‘Classroom Dialogue: does it really make a difference for student learning?’

The aim of the project is to establish whether or not a highly interactive, ‘dialogic’ approach to teaching helps to improve the quality of primary school children’s participation in classroom education and their attainment in curriculum subjects. To pursue this aim, observational data are being gathered in Year 6 classrooms in schools in southeast England.

Applicants must hold (or be about to complete) a PhD in Education, Psychology or another relevant subject, and have relevant research training and experience.

Please see the further particulars for full details of the role and person specification.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 30 June 2017 in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8868. This will take you to the role on the University’s Job Opportunities pages. There you will need to click on the ‘Apply online’ button and register an account with the University’s Web Recruitment System (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

Informal enquiries can be made to the Principal Investigator (Prof. Christine Howe, cjh82@cam.ac.uk) or Co-Investigators (Dr Sara Hennessy, sch30@cam.ac.uk; Prof. Neil Mercer, nmm31@cam.ac.uk).

We hope to hold interviews on Monday 11 January 2016.

Please quote reference JR07763 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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