The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) is a degree focusing on higher learning in the field of education. It is a professional degree constructed for experienced educators pursuing educational leadership roles. It is a degree for those who want to lead and implement change within their organisations.
The Ed.D. degree is widely respected and acknowledged practitioner’s doctorate in Education Administration, Leadership and Teaching. It is designed to challenge the practical knowledge an experienced professional has acquired through their existing career in education administration, leadership and teaching. In addition, the degree would help professionals to develop new skills through crucial academic research.
As a result, these newly developed skills help an individual take their career to the highest level, preparing them for important decision making and analyses required for top-level education management/leadership positions.
Throughout the Ed.D. programme, candidates are given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in strategic planning and advanced decision making. This might involve conducting complex analyses within their workplace environment to deepen their knowledge of their vocational sector as a whole.
Professionals undertaking the Ed.D. programme would develop new theories that focus on improving current workplace practices, with the intention of making a positive contribution to real-world sector specific problems and challenges.
Being one the highest level of qualification in the field of education leadership, management and teaching, the Ed.D. programme leads to the following benefits to professionals undertaking this programme of study:
- Highest level of problem solving and research skills
- Increased prospects for international employability
- Diversification of career paths
Careers Ed.D. graduates can go in to are varied. They include, but are not limited to:
- Research & Data Analyst in the education and teaching related sectors
- Consultant / Professional Coach for personal, professional and organizational clients
- Academia - adjunct professorship / dean of education leadership and management, as well as teacher training programmes at postsecondary higher learning institutions / research advisor & supervisor
- Government Bodies / Research & Development in Government Sectors
- Entrepreneurship - Setting up one's own education institution / education leadership and management, as well as teacher training consultancy
Careers Ed.D graduates can go in to are varied. They include, but are not limited to:
- Research & Data Analyst in the education and teaching related sectors
- Consultant / Professional Coach for personal, professional and organizational clients
- Academia -adjunct professorship / dean of education leadership and management, as well as teacher training programmes at postsecondary higher learning institutions / research advisor & supervisor
- Government Bodies / Research & Development in Government Sectors
- Entrepreneurship – Setting up one’s own education institution / education leadership and management, as well as teacher training consultancy
