PhD student position in curriculum studies focused on learning and teaching languages - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Education (EDU) conducts research, offers several third-cycle (doctoral) study programs and first and second levels (bachelor, master) programs within the subjects of curriculum studies, education, and sociology of education. EDU also has extensive educational involvement in programs such as the Teaching program and the Human Resource program. In addition, there are several Master Programs available at EDU. EDU have more than 200 employees of which approximately 140 are teachers/researchers, 40 are doctoral students and 20 are administrators. More information of the departments work is available at www.edu.uu.se. 

Duties: Curriculum studies (Swedish/German: Didaktik, French: Didactiques) as a field of research and area of knowledge deals with matters relating to the content of education and teaching. The subject of curriculum studies is deeply rooted in both scientific traditions and teaching practices. The research questions which constitute the core of curriculum studies arise at the meeting point between specific subject-matter and teaching and learning of that subject-matter. It is therefore of interest to study, for example, the content of the teaching and what justifies the selection of that content, who the teaching is aimed at and how their learning process works, how the subject-material is handled in the teaching and who has power over the selection process.

For this PhD position applicants are welcome to submit project plans that investigate Curriculum Studies issues (from primary school to higher education) relating to language teaching, the education of multilingual students, or internationalisation as represented at the Centre for Professional Development and Internationalisation in Schools at the Department of Education. For information see http://www.fba.uu.se.

The full-time employment will be on a temporary basis for a period of four years and should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). Departmental duties (typically teaching and administration) at a level of at most 20 % can be included in the position, in which case the employment period will be extended beyond the four years. PhD students are expected to study full-time and actively participate in the department’s activities. 

Qualifications: A general eligibility of 240 ECTS credits is required, 60 of which are obtained at advanced level, corresponding to four years’ full-time university studies. 90 credits should have direct relevance for curriculum studies. An applicant may also be considered qualified if s/he has acquired the corresponding competence in other ways. Language skills in Swedish are not a requirement for employment, but the candidate is expected to learn Swedish. A good command of written and oral English language is required. Teacher education and university study in languages are desirable for this position. For further information on the requirements for general and special eligibility for studies in the field of Curriculum Studies see contacts below. 

Applications should include: the relevant theses, a short CV stating research interests, a draft thesis plan, any publications and other relevant papers and documents that the applicant wishes to invoke. The draft thesis plan of no more than 5 pages should take up issues relevant to the proposed research topics, the discipline-related context, earlier research, the nature of the empirical data needed for the study and its methodology, as well as reflections on the relevance of the thesis Project.

All documents submitted with the application should be in Swedish or English. If scientific texts that the applicant wishes to invoke are not available in any of these two languages, they can be submitted in French, German and Spanish but without any guarantee that they will be considered in the evaluation of the applications. For university guidelines for third-cycle education see: http://regler.uu.se/document/?contentId=626068

See also the curriculum regulating third-cycle education in curriculum studies, including the required qualifications, at http://www.utbildningsvetenskap.uu.se/digitalAssets/500/c_500222-l_3-k_asp_forskarutb_-i-did.-faststalld-april-18.pdf.

The post-graduate training is regulated by the Faculty of Educational Sciences in “Procedures for the Admission to Doctoral Studies”, “Continuation of Employment”, Prolongation of Employment” and “Procedures for the PhD Student’s Individual Study Plan”. For more information see https://mp.uu.se/web/info/forska/forskarutbildning/humsam/utbildningsvetenskap.

A doctoral student may be employed for maximum eight years, however the length (or duration) of the employment may not exceed the equivalent to full-time doctoral studies of four years.

Uppsala University aims for gender balance and diversity in all activities in order to achieve a higher quality at all levels of the organization. We therefore welcome applicants of any gender and with different birth background, functionality and life experience.

Salary: According to local agreement for PhD students and teaching assistants.

Starting date: January 15, 2019.

Working hours: 100 %.

Type of position: Temporary full-time position.

For further information about the position, please contact: Director of studies for post-graduate education: Kajsa Bråting, kajsa.brating@edu.uu.se, phone +46-18-471 2297. Research leader Professor Una Cunningham, una.cunningham@edu.uu.se.

You are welcome to submit your application in Swedish or English no later than November 30, 2018, UFV-PA 2018/3670.

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