Doctor of Education
Clayton campus
Course code: 0177
Contact: Dr Georgina Tsolidis (course adviser, Clayton)
The Doctorate of Education (EdD) 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.
The objectives of the EdD course are to provide students with knowledge
and understanding which should enable them to:
- demonstrate their ability to design and carry out an independent research
project that makes a significant and original contribution to educational
knowledge and practice;
- demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of current research in
their chosen specialist area of curriculum or administration;
- have the ability to access and analyse critically current research in
education using the relevant library information services, research indexes and
the internet;
- have the capacity to use a range of research methods, including
qualitative and quantitative methods, to address questions, issues and problems
arising from practice in educational settings;
- acquire a detailed familiarity with educational policy-making practices,
policy issues and trends in Australia and internationally;
- have the ability to write in appropriately clear and relevant styles for
research and professional journals;
- have the ability to act as agents for research, innovation and
development in the various roles they may go on to play in the education system.
- 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 inquiry office, School of
Graduate Studies, Clayton campus (telephone 9905 2819).
The 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. The focus of the research seminar is the development of a
research proposal for presentation to an assessment panel at the conclusion of
the seminar. Once the panel has approved the proposal, candidates may 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.
- GED2901 Administrative and organisational theory
- GED2902 Educational policy, planning and finance
- 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, policy and practice
- GED3901 Philosophical issues in curriculum development
- GED3902 Institutional management in higher education
- GED3903 History of educational administration in Australia
- GED3904 Law and educational administration
- GED3905 Improving the quality of education
- GED3907 Lifelong learning
- GED4901 Contemporary analyses of curriculum issues
- GED4902 Teachers' work and policy
- GED4912 Research in specialist curriculum areas
- GED4913 Assessment, evaluation and the curriculum
Note that this
degree is currently being reviewed and it is likely that this list of subjects
will be amended.
Additional subjects may be available to both Masters and EdD students. Details
of these are provided in a supplementary EdD booklet which is available from
the graduate students officer, School of Graduate Studies, Clayton campus
(telephone 9905 2821).
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