Assistant/Associate Professor Educational Sciences (0.8 - 1.0 FTE)

The Department of Education and Pedagogy, Division Education, has a vacancy for an Assistant/Associate Professor to teach in one or more of the programmes in which the division is involved, carry out research within the research programme Education and Learning and to perform management duties for the Division Education. The ratio research - teaching activities is 40% - 60%.

The Division Education staff teaches in one or more of the following programmes:

• the Bachelor's programme in Educational Sciences;
• the Teacher Education programme for Primary Education at Bachelor's level (Academische Lerarenopleiding Primair Onderwijs), in collaboration with Utrecht University of Applied Sciences;
• the one-year Master's programme in Educational Sciences;
• the two-year Research Master's programme in Educational Sciences: Learning in Interaction, in collaboration with the Department of Special Education: Cognitive & Motor Disabilities;
• the Teacher Education programme for Secondary Education at Master's level, which is carried out by Utrecht University’s Graduate School of Teaching.

The research programme Education and Learning, in which you would participate, is aimed at studying the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes individuals need for optimal participation in society, and how education can support this. The research focuses on how informal and formal education contexts from early childhood to adulthood provide powerful environments for learning and development across contexts. The research programme actively participates in several of Utrecht University’s interdisciplinary and cross-faculty research focus areas and in the strategic research theme Dynamics of Youth.

Core tasks:

• With regard to education, you will be involved in teaching, course or programme coordination, development, assessment and evaluation, the supervision of students, the acquisition of funds for educational innovation and the valorisation of best practices.
• In research, you will be involved in managing and carrying out research projects, writing research proposals, publish research results, the acquisition of research funds and the valorisation of research results. Furthermore you will be involved in the supervision of PhD students and the coordination of research lines.
• With regard to the organisation, you will take part in or chair working groups, committees or project teams in the department. You will also fulfil committee work and management duties.

Specific tasks may include:

• coordinating and teaching degree courses;
• supervising student and research projects and internships;
• carry out assessments (‘geschiktheidsonderzoeken’) for prospective second career teacher education students;
• serving on committees such as the Educational Committee or the Board of Examiners;
• participating in local, regional and national projects concerning teacher education;
• carrying out and supervising research projects;
• contributing to the acquisition of research funding for the benefit of the research programme;
• contributing to the dissemination of the research results and their applications for the research community as well as the general public.

You will take a leading role in these activities and will be active at programme or division level.