Phd Position in Social and Behavioural Sciences:

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Amsterdam, Nederland Universiteit van Amsterdam Voltijd

PhD Position in Social and Behavioural Sciences: Technostress Amongst Teachers in Primary Education

**Faculteit/Dienst**:Faculteit der Maatschappij
- & Gedragswetenschappen**Opleidingsniveau**:Master**Functie type**:Promotieplaats**Sluitingsdatum**:26 May 2024**Vacaturenummer**:12958- **The project**
- In this project we want to investigate technostress amongst primary education teachers from a multidisciplinary perspective, combining insights from psychology, communication sciences and educational sciences. Digital technology, especially smart digital technology or AI, has the potential to automatically grade homework, offer personalized learning paths, or allow students to work independently. In this way, technology has the potential to reduce workload of certain aspects of teachers’ daily jobs or help out in circumstances of teacher shortages. However, according to the Education Council this is not true. After extensive debates with practice, they came to the conclusion that, with the use of digital technology, teaching becomes more complex. They even see digital technology as a third actor that teachers must consider. The use of digital learning resources could therefore lead to increased workload instead of reducing workload in times of shortages (Education Council, 2023).- But does the use of digital technology really lead to more workload? From a scientific perspective, we know very little about the causal relationship between the use of digital technology in education and the perceived workload of teachers in primary education, and the potential reasons of the increased perceived workload. In this project, we hypothesize that the relationship between the use of digital technology and perceived workload may potentially be explained by technostress. Technostress is the stress caused by the difficulty of adapting or coping with digital technology. In this project, we want to gain knowledge about technostress amongst teacher in primary education and investigate the complex interrelationship between the use of digital tools, technostress and perceived workload. When we know more about technostress amongst teachers, we also want to investigate possible interventions to reduce technostress e.g., by building up digital resilience (Roosendaal, 2023) amongst teachers.**What are you going to do**
- You primary tasks will be- contribute to the design of a longitudinal research design with both quantitative and qualitative methods (diary or experience sampling);
- integrating theories and methods from educational science, communication science social psychology and pedagogics;
- using advanced statistical methods to process and analyse data;
- design and investigate an intervention;
- recruiting schools, teachers, parents, and children;
- writing international peer-reviewed scientific papers;
- working in a collaborative team;
- presenting your work at conferences for academics, policy makers, and educators;
- assist in teaching (10% of your time) undergraduates and Master’s students and co-supervise junior scientists (MSc/BSc students).

**What do you have to offer**- Your experience and profile- MSc (preferably research master) in Educational Sciences, Communication science, (Developmental) Psychology, Methods and Statistics, or Pedagogics;
- strong quantitative background;
- good analytical, writing, and presenting skills;
- good project and time management skills enabling you to meet the projects’ deadlines for finishing analyses, reports and other deliverables;
- eager to learn new things, high conscientiousness, flexibility, and a collaborative attitude;
- fluency in English, both written and spoken;
- fluency in Dutch, both written and spoken.- preferably in depth knowledge about one or more of the core topics of the project: stress and related concepts, impact of media on people (e.g., susceptibility to media effects model), research in primary or secondary education, modelling longitudinal data;
- a network in primary education sector;
- preferably knowledge of MPlus or R.

**What can we offer you**
- A temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 4 years. The initial contract will be for a period of 12 months and after satisfactory evaluation it will be extended to a total duration of 4 years. This should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). The preferred starting date is 1 September 2024. We will draft an educational plan that includes attendance of courses and (international) meetings. We also expect you to assist in teaching undergraduates and master students.- Your salary will be €2.770 gross per month in the first year and will increase to €3.539 in the final year, based on full-time employment and in keeping with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. We additionally offer an extensive package of secondary benefits, including 8% holiday allowance and a year-end bonus of 8.3%.Besides the salary and a vibrant and challenging environment at- Research depart

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