> > Some PhD scholarships with a slightly different theme. Please forward to > anyone you think may be interested… > > > Dear Colleagues > > We are seeking three highly motivated PhD students to work within a project > funded by the Australian Research Council, the Graham (Polly) Farmer > Foundation and the Gravity Discovery Centre. The title of the project is > ³Measuring the Effectiveness of Specialist Science Enrichment Programs². > > Please forward the attachment with details of 3 Three APAI scholarships to > potentially interested people. Brief description below. > Closing date is 15th December. > > ³Candidates > Candidates could be experienced science teachers with appropriate > qualifications, recent Bachelor of Science or Engineering graduates with an > interest in education, or graduates of double degrees that combine science > with arts or social sciences. All should have a serious interest in astronomy > and physics and in working with school students. Candidates will be expected > to develop education programmes, work closely with school classes and then > evaluate student responses. The PhD students will be expected to focus their > research on one of three types of educational programs all delivered through > the Gravity Discovery Centre as follows: > > a) Specialised Enrichment: Innovative high quality programs already > developed by the Gravity Discovery Centre and comparable to many enrichment > programs offered by diverse facilities across Australia. These activities > include both pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities and international > links. > b) Motivating through Research: Students will use the Zadko telescope and > interact with research students. This aspect of the program will enable > students to discover new astronomical objects and to provide improved data for > known objects (asteroids, near Earth objects, gamma ray bursts and > supernovae). > c) Learning through Narrative: Students will use the Cosmology Gallery > facilities. Here we will focus on the story of the universe and compare > cultural creation stories at the Gravity Discovery Centre with the scientific > story. This unique facility is specifically designed for multi-cultural > approaches to learning. > > We particularly welcome applications from people with special interest in > working with Indigenous students, with specialised knowledge of astronomy and > teaching through a narrative approach.² > > > ******************************************* > A/Professor M G Zadnik > Dept of Imaging and Applied Physics > Curtin University > GPO Box U 1987 > Perth, 6845 > Western Australia > > Tel: + 61 8 9266 2326 > Fax +61 8 9266 2377 > Office Building 301.113 > > email m.zadnik@curtin.edu.au > CRICOS Provider Code 00301J > ******************************************* > >