The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 6-month contract at the Humanities & Social Studies Education Department.
Project Title: Examining the Epistemological Differences Between Assessment & Evaluation
Project Introduction: In the field of education, assessment and evaluation are defining strategies for improving school practices with the overall goal of enhancing student outcomes. Although assessment and evaluation are two instrumental domains, holding various epistemological differences, they are often conflated and used interchangeably among practitioners in the field. To address these limitations, the research aims to identify and describe the epistemological and ontological differences between educational assessment and evaluation. The research also hopes to develop operational definitions of assessment and evaluation that are transferable from research to the classroom. This project will be conducted as part of the Strategic Research Fund (SRF), a scheme under the 5th Tranche ERFP, which was introduced in NIE to engage in research projects that meet MOE and NIE’s strategic objectives
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Education/Psychology/Sociology, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Able to conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses.
- Preferable working experience in research projects and familiar with research methods.
- Effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Proactive and able to work independently.
- Experience in an educational environment, especially in assessment or evaluation would be an advantage.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct participant recruitment and transcribing of primary data.
- Conduct literature scans to support research, perform data management and analysis.
- Write/prepare research reports, publications and presentation materials.
- Organize group discussions with internal and external stakeholders, field experts and representatives from schools and organisations relevant to the SGA.
- Manage project-related administrative work.
- Any other administrative duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator (PI).
- Ensure projects and tasks are completed in a timely manner.
Application
Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Workday Job Req ID: R00018488 (https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Research-Assistant--Humanities---Social-Studies-Education-Department---NIE-_R00018488)
Closing Date
Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.
