MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Education Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Caution Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1037-0919

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

Doctor of Education

Course code: 0177

Course adviser: Graduate Studies Adviser

This doctorate is a rigorous research-based and research-driven degree. It is oriented to the improvement of professional practice by extending the knowledge, expertise and skill of students through the application of research to educational problems and issues.

Entrance requirements

+ A degree with honours (first or upper second) from any Australian university; or

+ a masters degree in education or educational studies (including a research component) from an Australian university or any recognised overseas university and

+ a minimum of three years' professional experience in an educational institution or as a member of an occupation closely related to education or any occupation judged appropriate by the Faculty of Education; and

+ demonstrated ability to carry out independent research.

Applications can be made through the Faculty of Education, School of Graduate Studies.

Course outline

The Doctor of Education (EdD) is a research degree consisting of a combination of coursework and research. Candidates may choose a program of study in their area of interest. These programs reflect the faculty's recognised expertise in teaching and research. They aim to engage candidates in a consideration of relevant approaches to research and methodology, philosophical, historical, psychological or sociological perspectives, and fields of study such as educational policy and administration and curriculum studies.

After successful completion of the four semester-length coursework subjects (each of which will be taken in a seminar format), a candidate will be required to enrol in the research component, the first part of which is a compulsory research seminar. This will result in the presentation of a thesis proposal. Upon successful completion of the research seminar component, candidates will proceed to the thesis writing stage.

By resolution of the faculty board, each subject of the degree is offered conditionally upon there being a sufficient demand for it from enrolling students in any given year and appropriate staffing available.

Group two

+ GED2901 Administrative and organisational theory

+ GED2902 Educational policy and planning

+ GED2903 School management: theory, research and practice

+ GED2904 Non-government schooling

+ GED2907 Human, financial and capital resource management in education

+ GED2909 Social context of education and curriculum today

Group three

+ GED3901 Philosophical issues in curriculum development

+ GED3902 Institutional management in higher education

+ GED3903 History of educational administration in Australia

+ GED3904 Law and educational administration

Group four

+ GED4901 Contemporary analyses of curriculum issues

+ GED4902 Teachers' work, curriculum and policy

+ GED4912 Research in specialist curriculum areas

+ GED4913 Assessment, evaluation and the curriculum

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