TY - JOUR
T1 - Graduates Respond to an Innovative Educational Doctorate Program
AU - Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey
AU - Zambo, Debby
AU - Moore, David W.
AU - Buss, Ray R.
AU - Carlson, David L.
AU - Foulger, Teresa S.
AU - Olson, Kate
AU - Puckett, Kathleen S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The University Council for Educational Administration 2012.
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - Dispute about professional doctoral programs in education has increased, with much hinging on the design of educational doctorate (EdD) programs. In this study, the first cohort of graduates responded to a new, innovative EdD program designed to develop them as leaders, scholars, and practitioners. Twenty graduates completed an exit survey, and a content analysis of their dissertations was performed. Both were done to improve the program. Graduates valued curricular and instructional features, engaged in actions to improve their local settings, endorsed a sense of community that developed, and reported changes in their professional identities. Their dissertation work validated these ideas.
AB - Dispute about professional doctoral programs in education has increased, with much hinging on the design of educational doctorate (EdD) programs. In this study, the first cohort of graduates responded to a new, innovative EdD program designed to develop them as leaders, scholars, and practitioners. Twenty graduates completed an exit survey, and a content analysis of their dissertations was performed. Both were done to improve the program. Graduates valued curricular and instructional features, engaged in actions to improve their local settings, endorsed a sense of community that developed, and reported changes in their professional identities. Their dissertation work validated these ideas.
KW - action research
KW - communities of practice
KW - doctoral programs
KW - identity
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U2 - 10.1177/1942775112440630
DO - 10.1177/1942775112440630
M3 - Article
SN - 1942-7751
VL - 7
SP - 98
EP - 122
JO - Journal of Research on Leadership Education
JF - Journal of Research on Leadership Education
IS - 1
ER -