Course Details: Doctor of Education - Higher Education

The University of Liverpool’s Doctor of Education - Higher Education (EdD) is a professional doctoral programme focussed on the latest practice, research, and leadership thinking within Higher Education environments.

The programme places great emphasis on the development of a deep understanding of universities, operating in a global context, as places of learning and as learning institutions.

Delivered 100% online and supported by rich media - the focus of the programme is on the use of professional knowledge, academic and policy literature, and published and personal research to promote the leader at the heart of institutional development.

The EdD programme aims to deliver a professional practitioner who is insightful, reflective, confident working with published materials, and capable of creating exceptional practical, research informed knowledge as a leader in Higher Education environments.

One key feature of University of Liverpool online EdD students is their drive and aspiration to be creative, visionary and effective leaders within their organisations with a truly global perspective of Higher Education. And more than just personal satisfaction and career benefits, our students are motivated by the desire to implement change, and make a difference in their organisations and wider community.


What is an EdD?

A professional doctorate in education that produces a qualification which, whilst being equivalent in status and challenge to a PhD in Education, is a practically oriented doctoral programme that allows students to create and apply actionable, research-based, knowledge, and critical thinking skills
Students initially participate in the programme as part of a learning community, before working on an original, scholarly, piece of research

The EdD offers students:

A curriculum constructed from an international perspective –using research, case studies, policy and academic literature from international sources – to complete the international experience
A pedagogy based around forms of collaborative inquiry – whereby a group of educators from diverse backgrounds, study their own practice, develop their capacity to engage in research, and share results of their studies to deepen the understanding of every individual in the class
An opportunity for transformative personal impact via the Doctoral Development Plan (DDP), a unique module designed to facilitate students’ understanding and experience of the personal transformation process. It captures the student’s reflections in their personal transformation to becoming a doctoral scholar and practitioner, supports the creation of a doctoral level professional knowledge portfolio, and further develops critical thinking skills.

Modules

Preparatory Modules

• Student Readiness Orientation
• Foundations for Academic Success

Core Modules

• Doctoral Development Plan
• Becoming a Doctoral Practitioner
• Learners and Learning
• Learning: Environments, Infrastructures and Organisations
• Ways of Knowing: Perspectives on Educational Research and Practice
• Values in Educational Research and Practice
• Leadership, Policy and Institutional Change
• Educational Research Methods
• Action Research for Educational Leadership
• Internationalisation and the Impact of Global Trends
• Thesis

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