Neuroeducation Research Assistant

Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Singapore

On-site

SGD 33,000 - 51,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 6-month contract at the Science of Learning in Education Centre (SoLEC). The project CHARM explores cerebrovascular health, adult learning, resilience and mechanisms, developing pedagogy for middle-aged adults through multi-component learning packages.

The role involves systematic literature reviews, design of learning materials, program delivery support, instrument design to evaluate

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Education and/or Psychology and/or Neuroscience or similar areas
Prior experience conducting systematic literature reviews
Prior experience designing and developing learning materials
Prior experience teaching at any educational level
Prior experience designing and administering instruments to evaluate learning goals
Prior experience designing interview protocols
Prior experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis
Prior experience disseminating research findings targeting the general public and academic audiences

Responsibilities

To conduct systematic literature reviews (summarizing, coding, and organizing relevant literature).
To design and develop learning materials for the program including topics such as general characteristics of the nervous system and core aspects of brain development and brain anatomy.
To support the delivery of the program.
To design and administer instruments to evaluate the program learning goals by assessing pre-and post-knowledge concerning brain and cognitive development, for example.
To design semi-structured interview protocols and conduct qualitative analysis (summarizing, coding, and organizing relevant literature).
To compute different statistical analyses for the findings obtained in the systematic literature reviews and semi-structured interviews.
To contribute to research translation and dissemination of findings targeting the general public and academic audiences.
To perform other tasks as required by the Principal Investigators.