The Doctor of Education (EdD) offers an opportunity for senior education professionals to develop high quality research skills and complete an advanced research qualification to international standards. It also contributes to the development of professional peer networks based in an interest in carrying out, and disseminating, educational research at a high level. The EdD is an alternate doctoral-level award to the traditional PhD, and is designed for the ‘researcher professional’ as a reflective practitioner as distinct from the ‘professional researcher’.
The cohort EdD programme at The University of Auckland has been running since 2000. It is made up of two Parts. Part One is a part-time, two-year programme during which candidates produce a Research Portfolio consisting of four supervised research projects, including a paper for publication, and a detailed proposal. Part Two is a thesis, which builds on the work completed to a high standard in Part One. The degree is assessed at the same level as the PhD.
Candidates (who are typically university, teachers’ college or institute of technology lecturers, school principals, or other senior professionals in the education field) live in all parts of Auckland as well as in other parts of New Zealand. They travel to Auckland regularly to attend the required classes and supervision meetings. Cohorts are no more than twelve candidates, and each cohort has two Course Team teachers. The current Course Team teachers are:
2007 cohort: Dr Vicki Carpenter (coordinator) and Associate Professor Robin Small
2008 cohort: Associate Professor Mavis Haigh (coordinator) and Dr Graeme Aitken
The EdD Programme Leader is Dr Vicki Carpenter. She oversees the programme, and chairs the EdD Course Committee, as well as being a member of the EdD Course Team.
Dr Vicki M Carpenter
Principal Lecturer, EdD Programme Leader
Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland
Ph 64 9 6238899 ext 48511
v.carpenter@auckland.ac.nz
office N366
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