Research Associate Evaluation Early Years Literacy Programme

Organisation/Company

DURHAM UNIVERSITY

Research Field

Educational sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

United Kingdom

Application Deadline

19 May 2023 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Part-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Applications are invited for a Research Associate to work on the pilot evaluation of the Talking With Tales for Children (TWiTCH) Early Years literacy programme.

TWiTCH is a professional development programme for nursery practitioners that aims to teach practitioners how to use story time as a daily opportunity for complex language interactions between children and adults. It also aims to supports practitioners' use of teacher/child talk through language games to develop children's thinking and reasoning skills and to develop children's ability to express complicated thoughts and ideas.

This research is a pilot evaluation project where we are aiming to work with 25 early years settings to complete the TWiTCH training and trial the TWiTCH programme in their settings. The evaluation research team will investigate how well the programme has been delivered in different settings, how feasible and acceptable the TWiTCH programme is and the impact the programme has on nursery practitioners and on children in the settings.

The successful applicant will be expected to manage the delivery of the evaluation research project, under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, Vic Menizes. The collaborative project is working with colleagues from across the School of Education at Durham University, the School of Environment, Education and Development at the University of Manchester and with the TWiTCH programme developers based at Sheffield Hallam University. The project will also work closely with the funder, the Education Endowment Foundation.

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

DURHAM UNIVERSITY

Country

United Kingdom

City

Durham (County) (GB)

Website

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/338874/research-associate-…

City

Durham (County) (GB)