Postdoc idee progression and retention of knowledge and skills

Job description

TU Delft engineers are expected to contribute to complex practical challenges by designing and investigating cutting-edge solutions to real-life problems. Educating this next generation of engineers requires not only instilling specific knowledge from individual courses, but also integrating these knowledge blocks into a meaningful, richly connected cognitive schemes of knowledge and skills. In the end, various aspects of teaching at TU Delft can and must be designed, implemented, evaluated, and optimized for a seamless continuum of education. The Teaching Academy of the TU Delft has identified this integration, engineering students' progression and retention of knowledge & skills, as one of the themes in the "Initiative on Innovation in Delft Engineering Education" (IDEE).

The goal of this project is to explore how that seamless integration can be achieved. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will contribute to: 1. Conceptualizing the notion of 'progression and retention' of knowledge and skills. 2. Identifying factors that impact progression and retention. 3. Designing interventions based on these factors and investigating their effects. 4. Examining how these interventions can be generalized from a single course to different courses, and even across programs and faculties, as well as how to promote interdisciplinary integration for better student learning outcomes.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team of TU Delft staff members and a PhD student in four work packages within the 'Progression and Retention' theme.

Job requirements

• We are looking for a motivated candidate who:
• has obtained a PhD degree, either in one of the social sciences such as Educational Studies or Cognitive Psychology and a strong interest in engineering and engineering education, or, conversely, a PhD degree in science or engineering and a strong interest in education and educational research.
• is acquainted with the higher educational system, especially in a university context.
• is committed to doing action research and applying mixed methods in various educational practices.
• possesses skills to organize the research work in consultation with a multidisciplinary team and to handle the ambiguities, inconsistencies, and uncertainties that come when interacting with multiple stakeholders with different interests and values.

Aside from the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), the chosen candidate will work as a member of the Initiative on Innovation in Delft Engineering Education (IDEE). IDEE is a cross-faculty program for innovations and research in engineering education for degree programs at TU Delft. This PhD project is one of the research projects within IDEE at TU Delft. The candidate will work in close vicinity of the other IDEE PhD and PD candidates, supported by Scientific Expert and the TU Delft Teaching Academy. (www.tudelft.nl/idee). The Teaching Academy is the network for and by lecturers of TU Delft with the mission to collaboratively enhance engineering education and drive education innovations across faculty boundaries. Learn more about the Teaching Academy via here.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment - which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

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Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 16 Feb 2025 via the application button and upload the following documents:

• CV
• Motivational letter

Please note:

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
• A pre-employment screening can be part of the selection procedure.
• For the final candidates, a knowledge security check will be part of the application procedure. For more information on this check, please consult Chapter 8 of the National Knowledge Security Guidelines. We carry out this check on the basis of legitimate interest.
• Please do not contact us for unsolicited services.