New environmental education studentship to shape future science curriculum

The Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CRESTEM) of the School of Education, Communication and Society, King's College London, has a full-time doctoral studentship available from September 1, 2017.

The PhD studentship will be funded by the Rosalind Driver Scholarship Fund. The Fund was set-up in honour of Professor Driver’s research concerning students’ ideas in science. The studentship will pay all home/EU fees and a stipend of £20,000 pa for three years.

We are looking for an imaginative and enthusiastic student to undertake a PhD study examining the views of key stakeholders in environmental education and the related practices of current science education curricula, policy directives and funding initiatives. We anticipate that the research will inform future debates relating to the content of science curricula and to policies and guidelines relating to wider school values and practices.

Although the topic is within the field of science education, we welcome applications from students from wider social science backgrounds who are interested in applying their own areas of specialism to the field of science education/ environmental education.

Deadline for applications is 5 April 2017.

Apply here:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/funding/database/index.php?action=view&id=679