EDD (DOCTORATE OF EDUCATION)

Birmingham City University

PhD

In Birmingham

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Description

  • Type

    PhD

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The Doctorate of Education (EdD) is the premier academic qualification for experienced professionals working in the education sector. It is aimed at those who intend to extend their professional development and understanding through research and reflection on practice. The EdD is ideally suited to those who benefit from studying in a structured, collegiate environment with the first two years comprising of taught modules. These modules enable the development of research skills and the intellectual rigour demanded of professionals at doctoral level. They also provide the foundation for the subsequent period of study, the thesis stage, during which a thesis is written focused on an area of professional interest.

A supportive cohort is a key feature of the EdD. BGU offers a single entry system, ensuring that students move through the taught modules together, enabling the development of a strong community. This community will facilitate peer review and reflection in a safe but challenging and stimulating intellectual environment. The cohort experience is further enriched by working closely with a small team of research active academics who will guide and support students throughout all aspects of the programme.

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Location

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Birmingham (West Midlands)
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City North Campus, B42 2SU

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About this course

In an increasingly competitive professional environment, possession of an EdD and the title of ‘Doctor’ will distinguish you from the majority of colleagues. You will have critically evaluated your own professional practice and its relationship with theory, designed and conducted your own research, and gained increased professional confidence, all of which can enhance your opportunities for career progression.

The entry requirements for an EdD are normally a 2:1 or 1st Bachelors Honours Degree, a Master’s degree and at least three years’ professional experience. At the point of application, you should be able to demonstrate that you have already identified a potential research project within a chosen discipline or field of enquiry. It is a part-time programme, typically taking 4-5 years to complete. The EdD is validated by the University of Leicester but will be delivered at BGU.

If you’ve recently completed or studied a particular module as part of a previous qualification, this may mean that you’re not required to undertake a particular module of your BGU course. However this must be agreed in writing and you must apply for this.

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Subjects

  • Pilot
  • Engaging
  • Literature
  • Skills
  • Literacies approach
  • Research Literature
  • Education
  • Purposes
  • Knowledge
  • Software

Course programme

What You Will Study

During the course of your doctoral study, you’ll cover the following modules:

D711: Engaging with and reviewing the research literature (Level 7 – 30 credits)

The module focuses on the importance of, and skills required for, critically engaging with, reviewing and evaluating the research literature, underpinned by an academic literacies approach, as a first step towards understanding the nature and purpose of academic writing for research purposes at doctoral level.

D712: Research methods in education (Level 7 – 30 credits)

Students are immersed in key research methods in education, identifying those most pertinent to their own study, with a focus on the criticality required at doctoral level.

D813: Handling and interrogating data (Level 8 – 30 credits)

Having investigated research methods in D712, students acquire specialist knowledge of data collection tools, analysis techniques and gain practical experience of using quantitative and qualitative data handling software.

D814: Applied research design (Level 8 – 30 credits)

Students apply the knowledge, skills and understanding of the previous modules to design and carry out a small empirical study related to their project, which is peer reviewed and presented in the form of a journal paper.

D815: Thesis proposal (Level 8 – 60 credits)

This module enables students to write a detailed, critical and comprehensive thesis proposal which includes a pilot study and reflection on the implications of the pilot for the thesis. A formal presentation of the pilot is embedded in the module through a weekend conference to facilitate peer review and provide experience of presenting and defending their work to academic audiences.

D816: Thesis (level 8 – 360 credits)

During years 3-6 of the programme, students build upon and substantially extend and deepen the learning from their previous assignments and proposal to write a 55,000 word thesis on a topic at the forefront of an academic discipline or area of professional practice. The thesis makes an original contribution to an area of professional knowledge which is of publishable quality.

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