SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP AVAILABLE
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
The Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
The Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education is
offering a graduate research assistantship to qualified applicants who
intend to pursue a Ph.D. in Science Education, researching issues related
the use of instructional technology in science education. The person
selected for this assistantship will participate as a member of the SERVIT
group (Science Education Research on Visual Instructional Technologies) at
N.C. State.
The funding package for the assistantship will include health insurance,
tuition (including out-of-state tuition waiver), and a $14,100 annual
stipend, renewable for three years.
Interested applicants should email John C. Park (park@unity.ncsu.edu) for
application information by April 10, 1997.
Applications should be submitted by May 1, 1997. Consideration of
applications will continue, however, until a final selection is made.
North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
NCSU is a "Research I" institution serving approximately 27,000 graduate
and undergraduate students. NCSU is in close proximity to Duke University,
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a science/technology
industrial complex known as "Research Triangle Park. "
The Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education is one of
five departments in the College of Education and Psychology. The
departmental undergraduate programs include: a BS and teacher licensure for
middle grades and high school in mathematics, science, and technology; a
minor in Graphic Communications emphasizing the selection and application
of graphic techniques; and a minor and non-teaching BS in Technology
Education. Graduate degrees are offered in Technology Education (MS, MEd,
EdD), Science Education (MS, MEd, PhD), and Mathematics Education (MS, MEd,
PhD). Currently there are 320 undergraduate majors and 110 graduate
students in the department. The Department has 16 full time tenure-track
faculty, 6 full time lecturers and visiting lecturers, and 5 full time
visiting instructors. Additional units within the Department include the
Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (CRMSE) and the
Environmental Science Education Initiative.