University of Leeds & Science Museum AHRC-funded PhD Studentship: 'Instrumental learning? Object lessons in recapturing past science teaching'
AHRC funded PhD Studentship
(Collaborative Doctoral Award) available from October 1st 2018
A collaboration between the Science Museum and the University of Leeds (History & Philosophy of Science)
This studentship is available on either a full-time (42 months) or part-time (60 months) basis.
Supervisory team:
Jane Desborough
jane.desborough@sciencemuseum.
Graeme Gooday
g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk
Indira Banner
i.banner@education.leeds.ac.uk
How
should we interpret the instruments used in past science teaching? How
far have changes in school laboratory equipment interacted with new ways
of learning and using science?
Can
biographies of classic apparatus inform our understanding of how
science has been learned – or not learned – in the classroom?
For
anyone with an interest in the history of science education - whether
trained in science, education, history or museums studies - this PhD
project presents
an exciting opportunity to explore the historic science teaching collections of both the
Science Museum and the
University of Leeds.
The
results of the project may be used to inform both future science
teaching and museum policies on exhibiting science teaching.
For further information about the project please feel free to contact any of the project’s supervisory team.
Applicants should have, or expect to attain, a good undergraduate degree and meet AHRC eligibility criteria:
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/
Applications
should include: a curriculum vitae (no more than 2 sides of A4); a
sample of writing (3,000 words max); and a covering letter including a
500-word research proposal
related to the project’s themes.
Please send completed applications to
g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk by
Monday April 30th 5pm. Interviews will follow in May for shortlisted applicants.