Ed.D.

Educational Innovation

Augusta University

College of Education

Ed.D. Educational Innovation

• Professional degree designed for practitioners who

work in varied educational settings

• Prepares educators to lead effectively the teaching

and learning environment, to advocate for

innovation efforts in education, and to be

responsive to the evolving expectations placed

upon educational systems

Learning Outcomes

• As Educational Leaders

– Demonstrate strategic leadership for innovative

practices that address educational issues in a

socially responsive manner

– Provide community leadership through the

integration of innovation in schools and

communities

– Model visionary leadership that underscores

national trends in educational innovation to

confront regional and local community issues

Learning Outcomes

• As Educational Innovators/Change Agents

– Demonstrate an understanding of change

process and how education innovation stimulates

change

– Lead and manage innovation/change in

education

– Create a collaborative, active learning enterprise

environment that supports community/school

innovation and advancement and facilitates the

work of teams

Learning Outcomes

• As Applied Researchers

– Demonstrate an understanding and ability to advocate for research-based best practices that support instruction and standards-based curriculum leading to high levels of student achievement

– Use appropriate research methodologies to analyze and address problems affecting educational excellence in authentic settings

– Improve the quality of services within educational communities through the effective us of technology and other innovations

Carnegie Project on the

Education Doctorate Principles• Is framed around questions of equity, ethics, and social justice to

bring about solutions to complex problems of practice.

• Prepares leaders who can construct and apply knowledge to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals, families, organizations, and communities.

• Provides opportunities for candidates to develop and demonstrate collaboration and communication skills to work with diverse communities and to build partnerships.

• Provides field-based opportunities to analyze problems of practice and use multiple frames to develop meaningful solutions.

• Is grounded in and develops a professional knowledge base that integrates both practical and research knowledge, that links theory with systemic and systematic inquiry.

• Emphasizes the generation, transformation, and use of professional knowledge and practice

Delivery of Ed.D. Courses

• Cohorts of 15

• Program designed 3 year to complete

• Begins with summer term (May)

• Face to face

• Six Friday/Saturdays each semester

Admissions

• Master’s degree or higher

• Competitive applicant GPA 3.5 at graduate level

• GRE competitive writing score of 4.0 and 300 (total

quantitative and verbal)

• Purpose statement how degree aligns with

applicant’s career goals

• 3 letters of reference

• Successful oral interview

• Successful completion of proctored writing sample

• Applications due November 2 each year

Ed.D. Educational Innovation

• Core coursework (19 hrs.)

• Research coursework (12 hrs.)

• Concentration in Curriculum & Instruction or

Educational Leadership (9 hrs.)

• Capstone (15 hrs.)

Total hours in program: 55

Core Courses

• Equity and Social Justice

• Educational Change

• Curriculum Theory

• Leadership and Interpersonal Dynamics

• Advanced Principles of Pedagogy and Learning

Theory

• Seminar in Place-based Education

• Orientation Seminar

Research Courses

• Design and Analysis in Educational Research

• Advanced Practice in Applied Quantitative

Research

• Advanced Practice in Applied Qualitative Research

• Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis in Education

or Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis in Education

Curriculum & Instruction

Concentration

• Curriculum Inquiry

• Alternative Curriculum Models

• Educational Technology to Transform Practice

Educational Leadership

Concentration

• Economics of Public Education

• Philanthropic Development and Administration for

Educational Leaders

• Leading Innovation in Teaching and Learning

First Year Program of Study

Summer One Fall One Spring One

EDEI 8000

Introduction to

Scholarly Practitioner

Learning Community

EDEI 8020

Design and Analysis of

Research in Education

EDEI 8162

Advanced Principles of

Pedagogy and Learning

Theory

EDEI 8160

Curriculum Theory

EDEI 8001

Equity and Social

Justice

EDEI 8021

Advanced Practice in

Applied Quantitative

Research

EDEI 8460

Leadership and

Interpersonal Dynamics

Second Year Program of Study

Summer Two Fall Two

Spring Two

Qualifying Exam

EDEI 8163

Seminar in Place-based

Education

Advanced Practice in

Qualitative Research

EDEI 8998

Ed.D. Dissertation in

Practice Proposal

Preparation

EDEI 8011

Educational Technology

to Transform Curriculum

and Instruction

OR

EDEI 8430

Philanthropic

Development and

Leadership

EDEI 8165 Curriculum

Inquiry

OR

EDEI 8420

Economics of Public

Education

EDEI 8166

Alternative Curriculum

Models

OR

EDEI 8450

Leading Innovations in

Teaching and Learning

Dissertation in Practice

• Not your traditional dissertation

• Problem of Practice

• Serves a client

• Work in research team

• Products vary

Third Year Program of Study

Summer Three Fall Three Spring Three

EDEI 8461 Educational

Change

EDEI 8999

Dissertation in Practice

EDEI 8999

Dissertation in Practice

EDEI 8025

Advanced Quantitative

Data Analysis in

Education

OR

EDEI 8026

Advanced Qualitative

Data Analysis in

Education