Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education Lecturer in Education

1 Year Temporary Contract

The Role

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Education. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. They will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Masters and PhD students.

The appointee will be expected to build a strong research profile, that supports the University’s research strategy including affiliating to the Research Institutes, where appropriate and working with colleagues on national and international research. The appointee will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard.

The successful applicant will choose two of the following areas of expertise to teach and research:

• Physical Education
• Digital Literacy
• Research Methods
• Curriculum

Principal Duties

Teaching:

Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching duties are assigned by the Head of the Department.

The duties will include:

• Teaching, supervising and assessing students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This may include lecturing, tutoring, leading practical learning activities, project supervision, and setting, supervising and grading assessments.
• Supervising students on school placements;
• Enhancing and innovating in teaching and assessment practice in education and their specialised areas;
• Contributing as required, to the assurance and enhancement of teaching quality;
• Outreach and promotional activities and the recruitment and selection of undergraduate and postgraduate students;
• Developing and enhancing the curriculum;
• Designing and delivering new courses;

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 029561 on the Maynooth University vacancies page by clicking the 'Apply' button, above.

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