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Project for the Co-ordination of Textbook Research, Development and
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Projekt zur Koordination
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Announcement
Scholarship Programme for the Development of Teaching Materials and Curricula
in History as a School Subject in
As part of the Stability Pact for
South-Eastern Europe, the Georg-Eckert-Institute for
International Textbook Research wishes to accompany and support the ongoing
process of revision of educational materials in both the short and longer term
in
To this end, the Georg-Eckert-Institute
has established a scholarship programme which is concentrating on the
development and implementation of new textbooks and teaching materials in
Especially in the field of history
textbooks a critical problem lies in the fact that history writing in the
recent past has often been used to historically legitimise the nationalist
policies of the political elites. The development and revision of teaching
materials and curricula in history is a crucial part of the educational reforms
aiming at implementing and reinforcing processes of democratization and
transformation not only after the end of the nationalist regimes, but also with
regard to the legacies of the socialist era. Mostly, the textbooks have not yet
been revised, but presently also the state agencies responsible for education
acknowledge the need to do so.
In co-operation with historians and
educationalists from
° in the
development of new materials for history teaching;
° in the processing of suggestions
and materials for revised curricula and textbooks;
° in the preparation of textbooks and
teaching materials which should meet international standards on a scientific
and didactic level.
The scholarship programme addresses potential textbook authors and curriculum
planners from
The scholarship programme will give authors of
new history textbooks and teaching materials the opportunity to use the Georg Eckert Institute’s resources and to gain an overview
of current developments in the didactics of their field as well as to examine
textbooks from other European countries.
Experts from
In addition to this, the scholarship
programme includes the possibility to receive further support for up to four
months in the home countries, in order to provide the possibility to complete
the compilation of the new textbook or teaching materials.
Workshop
The aim of this co-operative endeavour is to elaborate new textbook materials.
The new teaching materials will be presented in a workshop and analysed by
experts in the field of international textbook research. Further steps for the
implementation of the new materials in the schools will be addressed in this
workshop in co-operation with the responsible authorities (approval committees,
Ministries of Education).
How To Apply
Applications for the scholarship
programme can be submitted as of now (September 2001). Applicants should have a
degree in history and/or the didactics of history. A working knowledge of
English or German is desirable. Applications should include a curriculum vitae,
a list of publications (if applicable) and a project description, i. e. a description of the teaching materials that are
intended to be developed and produced with the assistance of the scholarship
programme.
Please send your application in written form (by post, e-mail or fax) to:
Dr. Sabine Rutar
Georg-Eckert-Institut
für internationale Schulbuchforschung
Celler Str. 3
38114 Braunschweig
Tel. + 49 (0)531 590 99 62
Fax + 49 (0)531 590 99 99
Further
information is available on our websites: www.gei.de
or www.see-textbook.net