33.1995, Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics, Communication or Education, UCLouvain

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Subject: 33.1995, Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics, Communication or Education, UCLouvain

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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:54:26
From: Magali Paquot [magali.paquot at uclouvain.be]
Subject: Applied Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics, Communication or Education, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

 
University or Organization: UCLouvain 
Department: Centre for English Corpus Linguistics
Job Location: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 
Web Address: https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/cecl
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics, Communication or Education
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics 


Description:

UCLouvain is looking for a post-doctoral researcher in linguistics,
communication or education

Full-time (100%) post-doctoral fellowship for one year, renewable once (max. 2
years)
Start date: October 2022 at the latest

This proposal for a postdoctoral position is part of the multidisciplinary
project MOOCresearch2.0. "A mixed and multi-disciplinary approach to
socio-cognitive conflicts in online learning environments", co-directed by
Mariane Frenay (GIRSEF), François Lambotte (Social Media Lab), Magali Paquot
(CECL) and Valérie Swaen (LOURIM). The MOOCresearch2.0 project is based on the
idea that discussion forums in MOOCs offer a unique opportunity to support the
social aspects of learning. Educational research has indeed shown that
controversies and conflicts over ideas are the source of conceptual change and
learning (Limon, 2001; Vosniadou, 2017). More specifically, learning concepts
in the humanities and social sciences requires exchanges, questioning and
argumentation to overcome common sense representations and to understand
scientific concepts, which sometimes have fluctuating contours (e.g.,
essentially contested concepts such as democracy, human rights, corporate
social responsibility) and are embedded in controversies (e.g., climate
change) (Gallie, 1956; Buchs, Darnon, Quiamzade, Mugny & Butera, 2008).
However, in a MOOC, discussion forums are the only space where it is possible
to provoke questioning and learn from social exchanges. 

The overall aim of the MOOCresearch2.0 project is therefore to deepen our
understanding of the dynamic process of social learning on online education
platforms by studying the emergence, development and resolution of
socio-cognitive conflicts in MOOC discussion forums. With this new
understanding, the project also intends to develop pedagogical devices and
instructions that elicit socio-cognitive conflicts and their cognitive
resolution, via argumentation and constructive controversy in a cooperative
environment.

Read more at
https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/cecl/news/postdoctoral-researc
her-teaching-argumentation-to-enrich-exchanges-in-educational-platform-forums.
html

Please apply via the application email below. The application file should
include :
 - a detailed curriculum vitae in English including the various qualifications
and skills required as well as publications and other academic and scientific
experience;
 - a letter of motivation in English (maximum 2 pages), describing your
interest in the position, how your profile meets the job description and the
project objectives, etc.;
 - a letter of reference in French or English.
 - A writing sample (preferably a published article or a chapter of the PhD
thesis



Application Deadline: 06-Jul-2022 
	  
Email Address for Applications: magali.paquot at uclouvain.be 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Magali Paquot 
	Email: magali.paquot at uclouvain.be 


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