Website Education Initiatives

Content Development and Pedagogical Research

Role and Responsibilities

Researching on how students best learn maths (pedagogy of maths) and improving Ei offerings based on that by–

Conducting research experiments to test hypothesis
Reading of relevant research papers in academic journals
Analysing data on questions and learning modules
Interacting with external subject experts and researchers
Interacting with students and understanding how they think
Attending conferences and presenting a paper or publishing papers in an international journal
Contribute to offerings of Ei like Ei ASSET, Ei CARES, Ei Mindspark and large- scale education projects
Diagnosing core misconceptions and creating content to remediate them
Create pedagogically rich and innovative content for these products improving learning significantly
Critically review the content of these products and recommend improvements
Build internal capacity of Educational Specialists (ESes) in Ei
Conduct trainings for Educational specialists to sharpen their understanding of good assessments and teaching of maths
Sharing insights on students learning analysing data from the offerings of Ei and
how to use them to improve the offerings

Skillset

Must have

Love for maths and a mindset to research into how students best learn maths!
Deep understanding of mathematics and mathematical thinking
Understanding of leading Indian and 1-2 International curricula; ability to compare and
critique different curricula
Understanding of pedagogical approach to enable learning of maths
Ability to critically analyze questions, assessments, and pedagogical approaches
Ability to create and source engaging assessments for students
Ability to create and source effective lesson plans to teach a math concept
Basic data analysis skills, and basic understanding of statistics
Basic technological awareness (Windows functions, MS Office and MS Excel in
particular, email features)
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Sticking to project schedules and effective workload management