Research Assistant

The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on an 18-month contract at the Natural Sciences and Science Education Department. 

Project Title: Using Artificial Intelligence to Examine Mediational Factors in STEM Makerspaces

Project Introduction:

The Natural Sciences and Science Education Department of NIE is hiring one Research Assistant (full-time) to support a study that seeks to establish empirical knowledge about how changes in makerspace may catalyse, propagate, and/or hinder social interactions and interactions with artefacts. The long-term aim of this work is to develop a framework focusing on mediational factors and learning outcomes in makerspace. This evidence-based framework may then be used by makerspace owners and staff, such as teachers in charge of makerspace, to purposefully design meaningful and productive learning experiences for participants instead of allowing random ...