NHMU Internship: Learning Sciences Research

Estimated Duration of Internship: 2 Semesters

Number of hours the intern will work per week over a 16 week semester: 9 hours (3 academic credit hours)

Intern Position Description: The intern will contribute in key ways to learning sciences research at the NHMU. Interns will learn how to collect, organize, clean, and analyze a variety of qualitative and quantitative data. They collaborate with the Curator of Learning Sciences on a research project studying visitor learning at A Climate of Hope. Specific tasks will include: preparing data collection equipment, supporting audio and video data collection within the exhibit, conducting interviews with Museum visitors, recording observational data through audio or video, transcribing audio and video data, cleaning survey data, and learning to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data with innovative methods. Interns might be asked to contribute to the design of new interventions and tools to pilot with visitors at the Museum, with the support of the Curator of Learning Sciences. This is a unique opportunity to work in the Museum while developing skills in data collection and analysis, as well as imagining new ways and opportunities to support learning at the NHMU.

Learning Outcomes or Goals: 

By the end of this internship, the intern will be able to: 

  1. Enact key parts of a learning sciences research project, from inception to data collection to data analysis; 
  2. Use established qualitative methods of analysis to identify meaningful patterns in audio, video, and text-based data; 
  3. Use descriptive quantitative analytic methods to summarize trends and patterns; 
  4. Engage comfortably and professionally with Museum visitors in the context of implementing a learning sciences research study.

Appropriate majors: Anthropology; Climate Change; Community Engagement; Communications; Environment & Sustainability Studies; Museum Studies; Educational Psychology

Preference given to applicants with: Desire to learn new skills and methods of research; organization; communication; initiative

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