Assistant-Professor in Educational Sciences (m/f) with an emphasis on learning and development from a social and cultural perspective

[Gudrun Ziegler]

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> Please forward to anyone interested, apologies for cross-postings,  
> best, Gudrun Ziegler
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> Assistant-Professor in Educational Sciences (M/F)
> Application End :  Friday 19 December 2008
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> The University of Luxembourg invites applications for the following  
> vacancy in its Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts  
> and Education
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> Assistant-Professor in Educational Sciences (m/f)
> with an emphasis on learning and development from a social and  
> cultural perspective
> Full-time (40h/week)
> Ref: FLSHASE/F3-090013
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> Duties and responsibilities
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> The successful candidate will join the Unit for Sociocultural  
> Research on Learning and Development (Research Unit LCMI. Language,  
> Culture, Media and Identities, http://www.lcmi.lu ) which is  
> concerned with the analysis of situated processes of learning and  
> development in multilingual and multicultural contexts.
> S/he will join the study programmes in the field of Educational  
> Sciences of the Faculty and particularly be involved in developing  
> modules about learning in the innovative Bachelor in Educational  
> Sciences.
>
> Profile
>
> The successful candidate holds a relevant doctorate (PhD), extended  
> post-doctoral qualification in research and teaching in one of the  
> following fields, their intersections or domains of specialisation:
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>     * educational sciences
>     * cultural psychology (socio-cultural/historical strand)
>     * communication
>     * interactional studies
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>       learning and knowledge transfer approaches.
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>       The profile is substantially concerned with the analysis of  
> learning inside/outside institutional settings, deploying a cultural  
> and social perspective on processes of human development.
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> Expertise in data-driven methodologies for analysing learning and  
> knowledge transfer in its emergence and the interrelation of  
> different domains of learning (e.g., multimodal and plurilingual  
> learning, domain-/age-/group-specific reasoning) is considered being  
> a prerequisite for the position in order to allow for documenting  
> and analyzing development in its most comprehensive set-up.
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> The successful candidate displays international expertise and a  
> proven record of research activities with regard to such areas as
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>     * the interdisciplinary nature of learning and development, its  
> comprehensive analysis and implementation (within educational  
> settings for example) within individual / societal profiles.
>     * the analysis of learning and development with a special focus  
> on domain-specific developments and their interrelations,  
> correlations, multi-variate dependencies;
>     * multi-modal / multi-medial multi-lingual settings of knowledge- 
> building and/or specific groups (e.g., age, societal, migrant),  
> items of learning (e.g., linguistic, technical) or problematic  
> dimensions of learning;
>     * methodological and theoretical issues of analyzing the  
> situated nature of learning and development in shared activities  
> based on multiple data-grounds (video, audio, multi-perspective) and  
> their epistemologically grounded documentation and exploitation in  
> digital systems of data-bases and systematic data-treatment;
>     * theories of educational knowledge and knowledge transfer in  
> educational settings
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> Furthermore, the successful candidate will
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>     * be experienced in developing and managing research structures,  
> project-teams involving external partners (private, public) and  
> applied research-for-study programs,
>     * bring along a proven record of teaching at all relevant  
> academic levels (undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate) as well  
> as in the development of experts and professionals in education,
>     * be committed to the enhancement and implementation of research  
> within the University of Luxembourg Priority Research Program P6 -  
> Building Excellence in Education, that is in particular, the  
> sustained construction of the "Luxembourg Centre of Excellence in  
> Learning",
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> As the candidate has to integrate into a multilingual research team,  
> she/he has excellent command (written and spoken) of at least two of  
> the following languages: French, German, English. Excellent self- 
> management skills, intercultural and inter-institutional awareness  
> as well as a spirit of team-work are a prerequisite for this  
> position. Moreover, an understanding of the Luxembourg education  
> system would be highly appreciated.
>
> Offer
>
>     * The opportunity to participate in the development of a young  
> and dynamic university
>     * Attractive remuneration with possible relocation package
>
> Applications
>
> Candidates are invited to send a hard copy of their full application  
> until December 19th, 2008 comprising:
>
>     * letter of motivation
>     * curriculum vitae
>     * list of given courses
>     * publication record
>     * copies of 5 recent publications relevant for the field in  
> question
>     * copies of diplomas
>
> to:
> Professor Dr. Michel MARGUE
> Dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and  
> Education
> University of Luxembourg
> P.B.2
> L-7201 – Walferdange
>
> For further information please contact:
> Prof. Dr. Charles Max
> Phone: (+352) 46 66 44 9413
> Mail: charles.max at uni.lu
>
> The University is an equal opportunity employer.
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> Upcoming - International Conference - Learning '08
> - Methodologies and Practices for Approaching Learning as a Social  
> Phenomenon -
> http://www.dica-lab.org
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> Vient de paraître:
> Zarate, G.; Lévy, D.; Kramsch, C. (eds.):
> - Précis du plurilinguisme et du pluriculturalisme -
> http://precis.berkeley.edu/
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> Find out more about the
> - Master - Learning & Development in Multilingual and Multicultural  
> Contexts (MA multi-LEARN) -
> http://multi-learn.uni.lu
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> Dr. Gudrun Ziegler
> Ass.-Professor, Scientific Director of MA multi-LEARN
> Faculty of Language & Literature, Humanities, Arts & Education
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> Send to: University of Luxembourg, Campus Walferdange, Route de  
> Diekrich, L-7201 Luxembourg
> Call: 00352 46 66 44 93 63
> Mail to: gudrun.ziegler at uni.lu AND gudrun.ziegler at web.de
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