Finno-Ugric curricula: additional information

Tue Feb 27 13:08:55 UTC 2007

Again, sorry for cross-postings,

new information on the UGRIMUGRI list from Anne Tamm: the curriculum
research funding is mainly intended for social sciences (and
interdisciplinary!!) curricula. For more information read below or contact
Anne Tamm (anne.tamm at unifi.it).

Best
JL
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2007-2008 Call for proposals for
Curriculum Research Fellowships

Application deadline: 20 March 2007

The Central European University¹s (CEU) Curriculum Resource Center (CRC)
funded by the Open Society Institute¹s (OSI) Higher Education Support
Program (HESP), is launching a new call for applications for its Curriculum
Research Fellowship. CRC invites applications from scholars (higher
education researchers and teaching faculty) from the region to investigate
specific questions related to social science curricula and curriculum design
practices in former communist countries.
The aim of the research fellowship is to produce a body of scholarly
literature on curriculum design and development which would provide CRC and
its strategic partners with an insight into the development of undergraduate
and graduate degree programs in various disciplines and their implementation
across the region.

Fellowship description
The fellowships to be offered would consist of a monthly stipend, a
negotiated research grant and consultancy provided to successful individuals
or groups. The duration of the grant can range from 9 to 12 months,
depending on the depth of the research to be carried out. All accepted
grantees are required to submit their final research articles by the end of
April 2008. Since all curriculum research will be directed towards
disciplinary developments in one or more countries of our target region,
future grantees will not be required to reside in Budapest, though short
library research and consultancy can be offered for them at CEU.

Eligibility
Application is restricted to resident citizens of Eastern- and Southeastern
Europe, the Former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Citizens of new EU member
countries (including Bulgaria and Romania) are eligible only if they
participate in comparative group projects with colleagues from non-EU
countries.
Due to the disciplinary depth and understanding of curriculum building
policies required by such research, the target group of the Curriculum
Research Fellowship will be innovative academics with a broad comparative
perspective in their disciplines and excellent command of English.
Fellowships can be offered to individuals or groups of researchers.
Selected applicants will be required to negotiate with host institutions in
the region (departments, universities, accreditation agencies, etc) the
terms of their future research activities carried out in those units -
letters of agreement and cooperation will be requested from all institutions
where curriculum research is to be carried out, particularly in cases where
access to data is of paramount importance for the success of the research.
(Higher-level university officials and experts can also be included in
faculty-led group initiatives.)

Research outcomes
Selected researchers will be expected to critically assess the dynamics of
curriculum development in existing social science disciplines, focusing on
and addressing questions of particular importance for the countries and
subject areas they cover. The scholarly purpose of the research needs to be
clear in all cases, and grantees will be asked to consult with CEU faculty
or other international experts in their disciplines.
All projects need to result in research articles of high academic quality
(in English) that meet the standards of international academic peer-reviewed
journals. The research articles will be published electronically on the CRC
website.
In the case of all proposals it will be expected that the outcomes of
research projects will help formulate recommendations for practical
curriculum design and implementation.

Successful fellowship grantees might be asked to offer a public
lecture/roundtable presentation at Central European University on their
research projects and findings.

Research areas
All research proposals need to focus on specific, narrow questions and
well-defined research hypotheses.
Applicants for the fellowship could propose research projects that address
specific questions within the following broader areas (including but not
limited to): 

* Comparative curriculum research in social sciences; regional, national and
international differences in social science curricula, their causes and
effects 
* Undergraduate and graduate curricula: the problem of harmonization and
possible discrepancies, overlaps, inconsistencies
* Building new curricula  analysis of various possible strategies;
importing externally developed curricula versus developing curricula
internally at university or departmental level
* The breadth of scholarship: inter-disciplinarity in curriculum planning,
policies of cross-listing courses
* Joint degree programs in our region; the results of international
cooperation in building undergraduate and graduate curricula
* The impact of individual and institutional external funds on host
department¹s curricula
* Departmental curriculum changes reflecting new trends in disciplines:
emergence of new subjects, sub-fields, curriculum practices causing the
fragmentation of certain disciplines
* Curriculum design and stakeholders: marketization of higher education.
* Curriculum and educational objectives: preparing for academic or
non-academic careers; knowledge and skills in social science curricula
* Curriculum changes in the Bologna process. Processes and their effects in
shifting to a three-cycle system of higher education

Priority will be given to research proposals that have an internationally or
regionally comparative perspective.
Detailed research proposals will be considered in both practical, immediate
curriculum questions or more remote, background issues of theoretical
significance that researchers believe to have a long-run effect on the
development of curricula in their disciplines.

Selection process:
Research proposals will be selected by an international committee of higher
education experts jointly with faculty in the applicant¹s discipline(s). The
research proposal will be examined in relation to the time requested for the
fellowship. Short-listed applicants might be asked to provide additional
materials to their applications, and will be interviewed.

Application procedures:

All applicants need to:
1. Fill out a Curriculum Research Fellowship application form (attached)
2. Attach two signed reference letters from colleagues in applicant¹s
discipline who are of established standing.
3. Attach a curriculum vitae, which should include a list of publications,
conference papers relevant to the topic of the proposed research.
4. Enclose a detailed research proposal of minimum two pages which
identifies the main research questions to be addressed during the
fellowship. 

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