Deadline: 17 July 2015
The MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) is seeking application for the Empowering the Teachers (ETT) program. The goal is to reform the current curricular using new materials, approaches and methods that exemplify the best of MIT’s practices: problem-solving, student-centered, innovation and bringing knowledge to bear on the world’s greatest challenges.
Fellowship includes –
Empowering the Teachers will cover the travel, living and instructional materials expenses of the participants.
About
MISTI is MIT’s flagship international education program. Rooted in the Mens et Manus tradition, MISTI matches MIT students with tailored internship, research and teaching opportunities abroad. It also facilitate international faculty collaborations and develop partnerships with leading companies, research institutes and universities around the world.
Eligibility Criteria
- Empowering the Teachers welcomes applications from all qualified faculty who are interested in developing new curriculum and teaching methods and consider themselves to be change-agents.
- To be eligible for consideration for selection, a faculty member must hold a PhD and teach in a department corresponding to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , Mechanical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering at a university in Nigeria.
- Only candidates at the level of Lecturer One rank will be considered.
- Applications will be thoroughly vetted.
For more information, visit MISTI.
