The best volume we have in the profession on EdD programs. Wonderfully robust and deeply insightful analyses of the rationale, substance, and structure of the EdD " dissertation ". Excellent sets of designs to shape the future of school leadership preparation.
– Professor Joseph Murphy, Frank W. Mayborn Chair of Education and Associate Dean at Peabody College of Education, Vanderbilt University, USA
Any higher education institution, particularly those with colleges or schools of education, should consider this useful volume. Both students and faculty will benefit from the information presented here.
– Mark Schumacher, American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)
Education researchers from the US and UK provide 19 chapters describing dissertation models and research methods implemented by professional doctorate programs in educational leadership in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US. They outline the design of doctoral programs, the different types of courses, the relationship between program design and capstone projects, and theoretical frameworks from actual dissertations; innovative approaches to the professional practice doctorate and the relationships between coursework, dissertation research, inquiry-based leadership practices, portfolios, and the cultivation of scholarly practitioners; and the impact of the professional practice doctorate on the scholarly practitioner, including the role as scholar, doctoral completion statistics and time to degree, barriers and aids in dissertation completion, and departmental strategies for improving doctoral completion rates and time to degree.
– ProtoView Reviews