Doctor of Education

The Doctor of Education program serves the needs of top-level education professionals who wish to consolidate their theoretical understandings and to apply these in educational practice. The aim of the Doctor of Education program is to serve the needs of top-level education professionals who wish to consolidate, refine and expand their theoretical understandings and to apply these in educational practice. The orientation of the program is therefore towards the improvement of professional practice by the application of research findings to the problems, issues and development of teaching, learning, and educational management and politics.

A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded a first or upper-second class (Distinction) Honours degree in education OR a Masters (Coursework) degree in education with a distinction average and a significant research component, consisting of methodology training and a stand-alone research project, or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee; andHave completed at least three years' professional experience in a branch of education, or in some other area that is judged by the Committee to be appropriate; andIn exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other academic and professional qualifications as may be approved by the Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree.