Doctorate in Educational Leadership

The Doctorate in Education Leadership features core courses that expand fundamental knowledge for the field, forming approximately half of the instruction time. Another integral component involves doctoral dissertation research, where students will present their final project to a panel of professors to complete the program. Students can select one of six different specializations to complement their program, forming a quarter of the total program.

Specializations

• Online Education
• Special Education
• Education and Early Childhood
• Global and Comparative Education
• General Education
• Experimental Pedagogy

GENERAL PART
Research Design Methodology Statistics Structure of Educational Systems Lifelong Learning Theories Global Education Design and New Technologies Advanced Scholarly Writing

SPECIALIZATION (the student will choose one of the following specializations) Online education Didactic models and strategies School and learning technologies Distance education & instructional design Special Education Developmental neurocognitive disorders Disability and special needs Handicaps and resources for integration Education and Early Childhood Cognitive development in early childhood Socialization in early childhood and adolescence Socialization in school Global and Comparative Education Comparative educational models New paradigms in comparative education: models and methods Education and globalization General Education Individualized instruction Mastery learning Determination, formulation and taxonomy of educational objectives Experimental Pedagogy Characteristics of educational research Models and methods of experimental educational research Testing and verification of hypotheses and indicators Doctoral Dissertation Research I Doctoral Dissertation Research II Doctoral Dissertation Research III Doctoral Comprehensive Examination