Senior Lecturer / Lecturer Primary and Early Childhood Education needed at Rhodes University

Main Objectives

• All academics are responsible for disseminating knowledge (teaching and learning), creating knowledge (research), community engagement, and professional involvement in their field beyond the university, recognizing differences in executing these responsibilities within the various departments and Faculties.  Academics are also expected to assume administrative, management, and/or leadership duties at the departmental, Faculty, and/or University level.

In addition, a Professor and Associate Professor are to provide academic leadership in the following areas:

• teaching and learning, research, professional involvement in the field, and community engagement, as well as to contribute towards the institution’s governance. This professor’s leadership contribution should be evidenced at the departmental, faculty, and institutional levels.

The Requirements

Senior Lecturer:

• A PhD in Education and at least three years of primary school teaching with some experience in primary teacher education.
• Considerable teaching experience and research in one of the following: Mathematics Education and/or Life Skills Education.
• Teaching experience in one of the following areas: Education Studies, Psychology in Education, Sociology in Education, Philosophy in Education, Curriculum, and Pedagogy would be an advantage.
• Research and experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Education would be advantageous.
• Research supervision of at least Masters degrees.
• Emerging national research profile in the field of primary education.
• Track record of administration, management, and/or leadership roles

Lecturer:

A Master of Education in primary school education with at least three years of primary school teaching experience. Progress toward a PhD would be an advantage.

• Teaching experience in one of the following: Mathematics Education and/or Life Skills Education.
• Tutoring and facilitation experience in a Higher Education Institution or other teacher education institution would be an advantage.
• An interest in teaching in one of the following areas: Education Studies, Psychology in Education, Sociology in Education, Philosophy in Education, Curriculum, and Pedagogy.
• Track record of administration, management, and/or leadership roles (leadership roles may be informal)