[Bilimsel Haber] JOB - Social Science Teaching Positions, OSI Summer School, Istanbul

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JOB- Social Science Teaching Positions, OSI Summer School, Istanbul

Call for Social Science Instructors for English Academic Writing Summer
School in Istanbul, Turkey, July/August 2006

Submission deadline: March 13, 2006

The Open Society Institute (OSI) is currently recruiting up to six social
science instructors to teach month-long courses at the Network Scholarship
Programs (NSP) Pre-Academic Summer Program in Istanbul, July 17 - August 11,
2006. Instructors will be expected to arrive in Istanbul by July 12 for 
three
days of preparation before the start of the school (July 13, 14, 15).

The summer school is a program of the Open Society Institute's Network
Scholarship Programs, based in New York and Budapest. The summer school 
is aimed
at improving the competitiveness and preparedness of NSP scholarship 
finalists
from Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East who will shortly be
departing for graduate academic programs in the UK or US. The curriculum 
will
involve an integration of academic writing courses with intensive 
seminar-style
social science courses.

The Open Society Institute is calling for interested social science 
instructors
with graduate level teaching experience to submit a letter of interest, 
CV, and
a sample syllabus for an intensive 3 week course involving ten 1.25 hour
sessions. Please note that submitted syllabi are meant to provide an 
outline of
the proposed course only - final syllabi, and assignments, will be 
worked out
during the pre-school preparation in cooperation with the Academic Writing
instructors. Preference will be given to individuals with significant 
experience
teaching and/or studying in a western graduate program and also have 
experience
living/teaching in the participants' region (Central Asia, the Caucasus, the
Middle East). Due to budgetary considerations, preference will also be 
given to
those who are able to travel inexpensively and conveniently from the 
region to
the summer school. Applicants may submit up to three course proposals.

OSI is also recruiting for the position of Director of Studies for Social
Sciences. The position involves the same teaching requirements as other 
social
science instructors, but includes managerial and administrative oversight of
social science instructors and curriculum in conjunction with the 
Director of
Studies for Academic Writing. Applicants should indicate in their cover 
letter
if they are interested in this position.

Students attending the summer school will be entering graduate programs in a
range of disciplines, including law, social work, social and political 
theory,
international human rights law, theory and practice of human rights,
international economic theory, gender studies, philosophy, sociology, and
development studies. Preference will be given to course proposals that 
assist in
preparing students for these areas of study, and to courses that focus 
on open
society related subjects such as the democratic/electoral process, media
studies, gender studies, minority issues, human rights, social/community
activism. Courses should prepare students for an interactive graduate 
classroom,
with an emphasis on critical thinking, class discussion, oral 
presentations and
debate. Specialized courses are also needed in preparing students for 
American
LLM programs, and in curriculum development for junior faculty coming to 
the US
on exchange programs.

Participants in the summer school will take one academic writing course 
(2 hours
a day, 4 days a week) and two social science courses (1.25 hours a day 
each, 3
days a week). Social Science instructors will work closely with Academic 
Writing
teachers to coordinate their course approach and writing/research 
assignments.
Each course is expected to have no more than 16 students. The expected total
number of students attending the summer school is 100.

Duration and number of courses: Instructors will teach two 1.25 hour 
sessions of
the same course, 3 days a week, for the approximate 3.5 week duration of the
program. The total number of class days will be 10, with the three last 
days of
the program set aside for instructors to grade projects and work with 
academic
writing instructors on final student evaluations.

Teaching hours: Approximately 2.5 teaching hours per day (1.25 hours for 
each
session, with the same session taught twice a day) for three days a 
week, plus a
required minimum of 2 hours a day for student consultations.

Additional responsibilities:  Instructors may be called upon to do general
lectures in their field or facilitate presentations that orient students to
graduate studies in the US and UK.

Remuneration: instructors will receive $900 USD/week, 100 USD a day for
pre-program training, round-trip travel to Istanbul, and accommodation.

Applicants should submit syllabi and CV electronically to
NSPSummerSchool@sorosny.org, or by mail to NSP Summer School, Network
Scholarship Programs, Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, New 
York,
NY, 10019, USA.

For more information about the Open Society Institute please visit:
www.soros.org, and for the Network Scholarship Programs:
www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship.

Submission deadline: March 13, 2006.



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