The Doctorate of Education (EdD) is a professional doctoral degree aimed at those who have been working in the education sector for a number of years. It's comparable to a traditional PhD in terms of academic rigour but is characterised by its professional orientation and modular structure.
What sets the Strathclyde EdD apart is the ability to qualify in one of eight specialist areas that are aligned to the School of Education's research strengths. To qualify for a specialist EdD degree you must take all the optional modules in that area as well as your thesis topic. The pathway “Philosophy and Culture” within the EdD program employs a unique perspective on contemporary education. This perspective can best be described as systematic-conceptual. As such, it is related to one of the Classic fields of Education Studies, namely “Philosophy of Education”. The pathway itself is hereby characterised by two stages: In addition to the core modules of the EdD program, students will firstly study a foundational module which will offer an introduction to the general reflection on education from a conceptual point of view (Thinking about Education). Based on the capacities developed in this module, two following modules will explore two of the central problems of contemporary reflections of education: the relation of education and technology (Philosophy of Technology and Education) and the relation of education and identity (Education and Self-Formation in Cultural Contexts). Taking those two modules as exemplars for analysing education from a systematic-conceptual perspectives, students become capable of applying similar kinds of reflections to all the fields and problems of contemporary education. This broad applicability and its predominantly theoretical focus makes this pathway an ideal complement to the predominantly practice-oriented EdD program.
For more information on the EdD course, please see here.
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The PhD programme offers the opportunity to develop your own research project. Although you will work very much independently, the course does include a series of faculty-organised seminars and lectures addressing relevant topics for writing a PhD dissertation and for the progression into an academic career. In addition, we offer interested students the chance to work together with us on shared projects and to become part of what we would perceive to be an academic family that embraces academic life in all its aspects, ranging from seminars & presentations to reading groups & mentoring and social gatherings. Depending on the supervisor, a range of topics is possible. You can study an MPhil over the course of one year or a PhD over the course of three or four years. The Exet website gives you an idea of the type of topics we are interested in supervising. If you consider working with us, please get in touch via this website or via our university contacts.
For more information on the PhD course, please see here.
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