Doctoral position in Educational Sciences 851 views

The Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki invites applications for the position of doctoral student. The appointment is for a fixed term (1 September 2019–30 August 2022).

About the position:

• The duties of the doctoral student include dissertation work and the completion of doctoral studies.
• The student will carry out research related to education in the Connected Classroom Nordic (CCN) project.
• CCN is part of the Nordic Centre of Excellence: Quality in Nordic Teaching (QUINT), funded by NordForsk.
• The purpose of the Connected Classroom Nordic project is to explore quality in teaching by bringing together researchers, teachers and pupils in a collaborative, video-based longitudinal study with a focus on the digitalised classroom in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland.
• The appointee must have good cooperation skills and the ability to conduct research independently.

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold a master’s degree in education or another subject, relevant for the position.
• A degree with a specialisation in the digitalisation of education or the professional development of teachers, or documentation of experience in these areas is considered a merit. Specialisation in other research areas relevant to QUINT is also considered a merit.
• Applicant is expected to possess good oral and written skills in Finnish or Swedish and good English skills. Fluency in another Scandinavian language is considered a merit.

Applications:

Applications to be submitted online in a single PDF file named as follows: lastname_QUINT with the following documents:

• A research plan
• An academic portfolio
• A list of publications