C02050v1 Doctor of Education
Award(s): Doctor of Education (EdD)CRICOS code: 066824C
Course EFTSL: 4
Location: City campus
Note(s)
Research degrees are offered on a sponsored, scholarship, faculty part-sponsored or full-fee-paying basis. Contact the faculty or the UTS: Graduate Research School for further details.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Other information
Overview
The Doctor of Education is designed to meet the needs of practitioners who wish to research some aspect of their field of practice. Candidates embark on high-level, practice-based research into one of the areas of research strength in UTS: Education.
The course caters not only for students committed to an academic path, but for senior practitioners from public and private sectors who wish to study and undertake research at the highest level.
Course aims
The purpose of the course is to enhance the practitioner's capacity to question, analyse, critique and develop their profession and its practices. It is a research degree whose purpose is to assist professionals to develop a relationship between research and their professional activities, in areas such as policy development and appraisal, innovation and administration.
Career options
Career options include leadership roles in the education field as a principal, manager, planner, policy adviser, teacher or trainer, in a government, industrial, commercial or community setting.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised master's by research or bachelor's degree with first or second class honours (division 1), or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate research studies.
Previous qualifications must be in education or a related discipline. Applicants are required to provide UTS: Education with a copy of a previously completed thesis, piece of substantial academic writing or research report as part of their evidence of academic record. Applicants must also develop a brief research proposal that indicates a scope and standard appropriate to an educational doctoral degree.
Selection criteria also includes the faculty's ability to offer appropriate supervision in the applicant's chosen field.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 7.0 overall with a writing score of 7.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 584-609 overall with TWE of 5.0, internet based: 94-101 overall with a writing score of 23; or PTE: 65-72; or CAE: 67-73
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
The maximum course duration is four years of full-time or eight years of part-time study. Students can complete the course in less than the maximum time.
This course is normally completed on a part-time basis, taking between three and four-and-a-half years. Students continue their professional work while they study. There is provision for early submission of the thesis on application.
Course structure
The course is structured into three phases. Phase 1 (the first two semesters) involves a structured foundation of research development workshops, in which participants work collaboratively with their supervisors, other academics and fellow students to develop their research proposals. Students can enter the course having professional experience as well as having demonstrated potential to do research. There are specific skills and capabilities required of doctoral level research and study, which are systematically developed through these workshops, with a particular focus on researching practice and on the development of a portfolio. A formal doctoral assessment is undertaken at the end of Phase 1 in which candidates present a full proposal for assessment, which is a prerequisite for entering Phase 2.
In Phase 2, candidates develop their individual program of research which culminates in Phase 3 in a sustained contribution to some aspect of professional practice and which is presented in a portfolio of outcomes. Each portfolio is developed according to a negotiated process with supervisors, and is accompanied by a statement establishing the scale and standard of work. Candidates participate in a range of research and development activities throughout this phase to assist them in developing the capabilities of a successful doctoral graduate in education.
Course completion requirements
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Other information
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