The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 24-month contract at the Natural Sciences and Science Education Department.
Project Title: Enhancing guiding inquiry-based learning through teacher-chatbot collaboration
Project Introduction: This project aims to develop a chatbot-integrated instructional model to support scientific inquiry, promoting student-led activities. The research will involve designing, implementing, and refining this model through feedback loops. Expected outcomes include better student engagement, increased opportunities for student agency, and improved teacher-chatbot collaboration, enhancing inquiry-based learning.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences or a related field
• Preferred qualifications or work experience in science education
• Proficiency in prompt engineering or use of large language models
• Good communication, organisation, writing, proof-reading and research skills
• Native or near-native proficiency in English
• Proactive and able to work independently, and a good team player
Responsibilities:
• Conduct a literature review to support research
• Work on development of lessons and materials
• Work on development of a custom model using a large language model (e.g., ChatGPT)
• Assist and work closely with the research team and partners
• Collect, analyse and manage data
• Write/prepare research reports, publications and presentation materials independently
• Other research and project management tasks as assigned by the Principal Investigator (PI).
Application
Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Workday Job Req ID: R00018151 (https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Research-Assistant--Natural-Sciences-and-Science-Education-Department--NIE-_R00018151-1)
Closing Date
Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.
