Transitioning to Educational Research: Strategies & Ideas

[handsomecat]

I'm about to complete a PhD in computational materials science.

However, moving on, educational research seems interesting to me. What are some ways in which I can make the move? Start doing a literature search on my own, then when I've identified a problem, then knock on someone's doors and prove to him that I know enough to carry on?

Right now I am earning my keep by doing teaching in a polytechnic, and improving the way teaching is done and understanding how people learn has piqued my interest.

 

[kingdomof]

You can most likely complete your PhD and do this research while being a professor in a college. Scott Freeman, a biologist originally if I recall correctly, is very into educational research for example.

 

[dans595]

Tensor with the field of education.

 

[las3rjock]

http://info.phys.cmu.edu/people/faculty/reif/" .