Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Salary: $92,654 - $110,022 p.a. plus 17% superannuation
The Melbourne Graduate School of Education is seeking a dynamic early-career research academic to support the development of the 'Positive Systems' research program in the Centre for Positive Psychology.
This new research program seeks to investigate ways to infuse positive psychology into education at the system level. The overarching goal of a systems approach is to understand how different elements of a system work to build successful outcomes, to address complex problems and to reduce unwanted side effects of change (Hieronymi, 2013). In a complex system such as education, many elements come together – physical, cognitive, social, and technological. System approaches can lead to more comprehensive and co-ordinated approaches to change in education. The approach has been used for decades successfully in business and the Centre for Positive Psychology (CPP) is building a new area research program that applies a systems perspective to positive education, with the purpose of creating lasting change in well-being for students, schools, and communities.
The Research Fellow to the 'Positive Systems' research program will conduct research to understand the key elements in the Australian education system that require change for youth well-being to be built through schools. As the successful applicant, you will investigate elements such as education policy, teacher training, funding models, student testing, technology, classroom environments, wellbeing pedagogy, Government assessments of school performance and so forth.
As the successful applicant, you will also have the opportunity to work with and be mentored by experienced senior researchers in the CPP, and to work in a lively, congenial and well-supported research environment of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE), including collaboration on a number of related projects in the CPP and other MGSE projects with both senior and early career.
Melbourne was named the world's most liveable city in August 2014 for a 4th year in a row, by the Economist Intelligence Unit's liveability survey of 140 cities. The survey rated cities out of 100 in the areas of healthcare, education, stability, culture and environment and infrastructure. Melbourne received an overall score of 97.5 out of 100, scoring a perfect rating for healthcare, education and infrastructure.
Close date: 14 Sep 2015
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