C02055v1 Doctor of Education
Award(s): Doctor of Education (EdD)Course EFTSL: 4
Location: Hong Kong
Note(s)
This course is only offered offshore. It is available in Hong Kong. The language of tuition is English.
This is the offshore version of the Doctor of Education (C02050).
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Professional recognition
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. Applicant must also develop of a brief research proposal that indicates a scope and standard appropriate to an educational doctoral degree.
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.
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 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 presentation is undertaken at the end of Phase 1 in which candidates present a full proposal for evaluation, 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
| 019950 EdD Thesis: Education |
Professional recognition
This course is accredited by the Hong Kong Education Board.
Other information
Further information is available from the research degrees administrator:
