Job Description

The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Assistant on a 12-month contract at the Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group (PESS), National Institute of Education. Project Title: Developing Educators’ Brain Literacy: BrainMap for Teacher Professional Development ( DEV 01/21 AMG) Project Introduction: Brain literacy involves understanding the how the brain functions during behaviours and learning. Brain literacy is emerging as an important component of teaching and learning in the educational neuroscience field. To promote brain literacy among educators, there is an increasing need for professional development materials that aid in understanding of brain-behaviour concepts relevant to learning. The aim of the project is to utilise an existing neuroscience database to enhance educator brain literacy around key concepts related to learning. The project will involve the development of terms in an existing neuroscience/neuroimaging database for educational use, along with a neuro-education workshop to evaluate the efficacy of this tool in promoting brain literacy among educators. The successful candidate will be involved in day-to-day project coordination activities, assist with the development of educational neuroscience terms in the database, and planning of workshops with teachers and researchers. The successful candidate will also have an opportunity to work on this collaborative development project with different colleagues from National Institute of Education and Centre for Research and Development in Learning at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as well as liaise with international collaborators in the United States. Requirements Essential:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Educational Neuroscience, Science of Learning, or related discipline.
• Experience with project coordination and administration.
• Strong interest in educational neuroscience and translating neuroscience findings for educators.
• Excellent organisational skills and able to work within given deadlines.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Self-directed learning who can effectively pick up relevant skills when needed.

Desirable:

• Experience with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data analysis.
• Experience conducting meta-analysis or neuroimaging meta-analysis.
• Experience in the educational neuroscience field, for example, working with teachers, educators, and researchers.

Responsibilities

• Project coordination and administration duties such as coordination of meetings, consultant travel, and workshops.
• Liaising with stakeholders (e.g., collaborators, teachers/educators).
• Assist with conducting literature search/reviews.
• Assist with data extraction and entry into large neuroimaging database.
• Assist with quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Contribute to the production of research reports.
• Contribute to the dissemination of research findings.
• Perform other tasks as required by the Principal Investigator.

Application Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Closing Date Closing date for advertisements will be set to 28 calendar days from date of posting. Other Information NIE staff can take chartered buses at their own expense from or near their homes to the NIE campus. This is subject to availability of seats. Hiring Institution: NIE In line with Singapore’s nationwide Vaccination-Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS), employees must be fully vaccinated to return to the workplace, unless certified to be medically ineligible. For Information on VDS, please click here .