Two PhD scholarships (covering the living stipend for three
years), funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project grant,
are available for the holders to conduct research in a project that
investigates students’ interactions in drawing science diagrams and their
benefits in enhancing students’ scientific creativity. Nationally and
internationally, there is a growing demand to engage students in scientific
thinking and build their creative problem-solving capabilities through
evidence-based teaching strategies. This project is addressing the challenge
by:
(1) identifying students’ creative thinking from their
science diagrams and their interaction with peers;
(2) devising and evaluating teaching strategies to support
students’ creative scientific thinking. The PhD students will work with high
school science teachers to develop teaching materials, video-record classroom
interactions, conduct interviews, analyse class videos and diagrams, and write
peer-reviewed journal articles.
The successful PhD students will be supervised by a team of
experienced science education researchers (Dr Mihye Won, Professor David F.
Treagust, and Dr Kok-Sing Tang) from the STEM Education Research Group
(formerly Science and Mathematics Education Centre—SMEC) at Curtin University.
Student type
- Current
Students
- Future
Students
Faculty
- Humanities
Course type
- Postgraduate
Research
Gender
Non-gender specific
Nationality
- Australian
Citizen
- New
Zealand Citizen
- Permanent
Humanitarian Visa
- Australian
Permanent Resident
- International
students
Scholarship base
- Merit
Based
Maximum number awarded: 2
Value
$27,082.00 per annum for 3 years (2018 RTP rate)
Eligibility criteria
Candidates for these PhD scholarships are expected to:
• Hold an undergraduate degree in science or
education at a high level (honours) of academic achievement;
• Demonstrate an aptitude for research through their analytical skills and creative thinking;
• Be able to work in a team setting and take responsibility for their individual tasks;
• Be experienced in the use of digital technology and software packages;
• Possess excellent spoken and written communications skills that may be evidenced, for example, through their undergraduate thesis/project work and presentations given; and
• Practise well-developed time- and self-management skills with strong personal discipline and drive in their work.
Applications open: 01/12/2017
Applications close: 01/02/2018
How to apply
Interested applicants please email expression of interest to
Dr Mihye Won with the CV and transcripts.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted to apply for admission via Curtin online e-application:
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted to apply for admission via Curtin online e-application:
Scholarship is subject to approval of admission at Curtin in
the HDR course.
