Job Description

Graduate Student Research Assistant

In the appointment of Research Assistant, your general duties and responsibilities will be:
Creating teaching resources, writing a literature review, student consulting, conducting surveys and focus-group interviews, data analysis and synthesis, co-authorizing journal articles, and conferring with the research supervisor as required by the project.

Your general location of work will be the USask campus and you will report to Dr. Paula MacDowell (Curriculum Studies).

Required Number of Hours: 9 hours per week
Duration of Employment: July 3, 2023 to April 2024

Qualifications (Skills and Abilities)
M.Ed degree, experience with educational technology and instructional design.

You must be registered in a graduate program.

To Apply:

Interested applicants must include the following in their application: cover letter, curriculum vitae.
Send your application materials to: no later than June 30, 2023
Inquiries for this position can be directed to Dr. Paula MacDowell.

Where a graduate student is appointed to this position, it will be in scope of PSAC.

Department: Curriculum Studies
Status: Term
Employment Group: Graduate Students - PSAC
Rate of Pay:
Posted Date: 6/21/2023
Number of Openings: 1
Work Location: On Campus

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