Doctor of Education

Entry Requirements

• A Master of Education with credit average (65% or better), or a Bachelor degree of at least four years' duration with Honours Class II Division 2 in an appropriate area. Candidates must also have completed 3 years' relevant professional experience.

Special Admission Requirements

All applicants for research degrees must submit a written (preferably typed) proposal as part of their application. This proposal should:

• commence with a statement detailing any previous research or project experience you have undertaken, including if possible a copy of the abstract of such work;
• contain, in no more than one additional page, a clearly focussed research proposal for the study you would wish to undertake throughout your registration in the course; and
• conclude with a statement of your motivation for wanting to undertake the research course.

Curriculum

Adult, Vocational and Higher Education

• The Global Challenge in Adult, Vocational and Higher Education
• Learning about Learning in Adult, Vocational and Higher Education
• Professional Development in Adult, Vocational and Higher Education
• Innovation for Practitioners in Adult, Vocational and Higher Education
• Multiliteracies and Numeracies in Adult, Vocational and Higher Education

​The Early Years

• ​Pedagogy, Practice and Play in Early Years
• Early Years Curriculum Studies
• Socio-Cultural Perspectives in the Early Years
• Management, Supervision and Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals
• Health Lifestyles for Preschool Children: Physical Activity

​Educational Leadership

• ​Foundations of Educational Leadership
• Introduction to Educational Management
• Leadership of Effective Change
• Mentoring Beginning Teachers
• Leading, Developing & Managing People
• Law for Educational Leaders

Information Technology in Education & Training

• ​Introduction to Technology in Education
• Emerging Issues in Educational Technology
• Instructional Strategies and Design
• Multimedia and Interface Design
• On-line Learning and Teaching
• Evaluation of Technology-Based Learning

​Literacy Education

• ​Expanding Literacy Repertoires
• Literature for Children and Young People
• Knowing about Language in Context
• Learning Environments for Literacy Development
• Literacy Assessment: Research, Policy and Practice
• Current Issues in English Curriculum and Policy

​Physical & Health Education

• ​Young People and Health
• Theoretical and Practical Bases of Coach Education
• Cultural politics of sport, leisure and physical education
• Leadership and Management in Physical Education, Sport and Recreation
• Practicum in a Learning Environment

​Special Education

• ​Learning Theories and Exceptionality
• Investigating Issues in Special Education/Inclusive Education
• Assessment and Instruction of Individuals with High Support Needs
• Models of Behaviour Management
• Approaches to Reading Difficulties: Theories and Strategies
• Language and Communication Difficulties: Theory and Practice
• Teaching Gifted Children
• Giftedness in Special Populations
• Education of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

​Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

• ​English Language: Learners Problems
• Teaching Speaking and Listening
• Second Language Literacy
• Teaching Pronunciation and Prosody
• Teaching English in International Contexts
• Management, Policy and Curriculum in TESOL
• Materials and Technology in Second Language Teaching
• Text and Context
• Assessing and Evaluating in TESOL Environments
• Theories of Second Language Learning
• English in Specific Contexts
• Engaging Diversity: Exploring Contexts in EAL Education

​Interdisciplinary Studies in Education

• ​Psychology for Educators
• Educational Sociology: Culture, Society and Education
• Introduction to Assessment Theory and Practice in Contemporary Education
• International and Intercultural Perspectives in Education

​Research Methodology & Project Subjects (as required)

• ​Minor Project in Education
• Minor Project in Education
• Special Research Topic
• Professional Project
• Advanced Research Methods in Education
• Research Proposal
• Advanced Research Seminar
• Vygotskian Studies in Education