Qualification
Doctoral Degree (PhD)
Study mode
Full-time, Part-time
Duration
3 years
Intakes
February
July
Total tuition fee (local)
USD 71,740
Total tuition fee (foreign)
USD 75,333
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