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Fwd: Project Researcher | Providence Children's Museum

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Date: Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Subject: Project Researcher | Providence Children's Museum
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Job Title: Project Researcher
Organization: Providence Children's Museum
Location: Providence, RI
Salary:
Start Date: January 2013
Full Time
Temporary

Job Description
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Providence Children's Museum and the Causality and Mind Lab at Brown University (PI: David Sobel) are seeking a Project Researcher for a National Science Foundation-funded project investigating ways children develop scientific thinking skills and parents' understanding of their children's learning processes.  The Researcher will lead front-end and formative evaluation of tools intended to make children's learning visible as they play and explore in the museum and assist in research on the development of scientific reasoning.  Qualifications include: Minimum 5 years experience in museums or other informal learning environment, including evaluation experience; Advanced degree or equivalent experience in visitor studies, education, developmental psychology, or related; Proven ability to apply research to practice; Excellent research, writing and analytic skills.  Two-year full-time position, to start January 2013.

How to Apply
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Send letter of interest, resume and contact information for three references by November 1, 2012 to Exhibits Director, Providence Children's Museum: Meisner@ChildrenMuseum.org  EOE.
Full description at www.ChildrenMuseum.org/jobResearcher.asp

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