Doctoral Candidate at the Centre for Education and Digital Transformation 80 - 100%

The Zurich University of Teacher Education actively shapes education, school and teaching of today and tomorrow in teaching and research. The  Centre for Education and Digital Transformation is dedicated to the three research fields "Education and Digital Society", "Digital Learning and Teaching" and "Computing Skills and Education".

Within the framework of the project "Which Adaptive Features Matter? Disentangling the Effects of Task Sequence, Hints, and Feedback in Intelligent Tutoring Systems" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), a doctoral position is to be filled at the ZBDW at PH Zurich. The project investigates how different adaptive elements of intelligent tutoring systems support mathematical learning of primary school pupils and which elements are particularly conducive to learning for which pupils. Further information about the project can be found here .

For your doctorate, you will enrol at a university to be determined. You will carry out your doctoral project at PH Zurich. Remuneration is based on the SNSF salary scales for doctoral candidates.

• Designing and conducting a doctoral project
• Independently developing and addressing scientific questions on adaptive learning with digital technologies in primary school
• Planning and implementing empirical studies in collaboration with schools and teachers
• Contributing to the development and implementation of digital, adaptive learning environments for mathematics teaching
• Collecting and analysing empirical data
• Writing scientific publications and presenting research results at national and international conferences
• Preparing and communicating research findings for educational practice
• Active participation in an interdisciplinary research team 

• Master's degree in educational science, subject didactics, educational science, psychology or a related field 
• Interest in mathematical learning and teaching in primary school 
• Enjoyment in conducting studies with pupils and collaborating with schools and teachers 
• Independent working style and enjoyment of teamwork
• Very good German and English skills 

• The opportunity to engage deeply with a research topic over several years
• Collaboration with experienced researchers as well as excellent development and qualification opportunities
• Individual supervision and support for your doctoral project
• Collegial exchange within the doctoral candidate network of PH Zurich

The PH Zurich offers you more than a modern workplace in Zurich Oerlikon (Leutschen Tower) with good employment conditions. What defines us can be found here .