COMPETENCE ORIENTED METHODOLOGIES FOR R&D IN SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
CORE is an ERASMUS+ Project. It is led under the coordination of Ass. Prof. Mustafa Özgenel from İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University in Türkiye. Six partners carry out the projects from 5 different countries, namely Turkey, Portugal, Romania, Sırbia and Bulgaria. The leading target group of the project is researchers. According to “Towards a European Framework for Research Careers”, published by the EU Commission, researcher careers are split into 4 groups, and in this project, we focus on 2 of them. Those are:
- First-stage researchers are individuals doing research under supervision in academies, universities, research institutes, and industry up to the level of PhD (including doctoral candidates). Their main feature is that they cannot independently conduct research but have the ability to understand the field and the ambition to learn.
- Recognised Researchers are research assistants and PhD holders who have not yet established a significant level of independence. They have all the competencies of First-Stage Researchers and have started to gain their independence. Even though they have the necessary skills for R&D, they don’t have the necessary skills for preparing, implementing, managing, and evaluating a research project.
The project aims to develop the research skills and competencies of those first-stage and recognised researchers in the social and educational sciences. To facilitate and accelerate their career progress, it seeks to provide them with a tailor-made training program to help their academic methodology problems. Other objectives of the project are:
- Providing training tools for First Stage Researchers in social and educational sciences to increase their research skills and competencies to contribute to their Professional career to make them more independent and ready to become Recognised Researchers.
- Developing tools for Recognised Researchers in social and educational sciences to enhance their research Project preparation, implementation and evaluation skills to ensure collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders and create innovative intellectual outputs. Making them ready to become Established Researchers.
- Raising awareness of the problems that researchers and academicians face due to the lack of proper training tools and methodology in scientific research in social and educational areas in higher education.
- Increasing opportunities for e-learning/blended learning in this area via digital platforms.
- Ensuring free access to Open Educational Resources and materials in this area.
- Development of network and synergy between different partners in the area.
