Doctor of Education

This qualification aims to recognise researchers who have made a distinguished contribution, as members of a community of educational researchers, to the advancement of knowledge and scholarship in any field of education.

Formally Accredited Learning and Subsequent Experience

The typical applicant has higher education-level study of at least the Honours level of the University, or equivalent University-approved qualification, followed by experience, which in general together total nine years (e.g. Honours held for five years; Masters held for four years; PhD held for two years) - consult the application information for the year of study for which application is being made.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Applicants who fall outside of the normal admissions process who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the University that they have a qualification or experiential- or work based learning which has taken the learner to an equivalent level of a qualification specified above (under Formally Accredited Learning), may be considered for admission and/or for the recognition of prior accredited and/or prior experiential learning.

1. The qualifying learner demonstrates, through the cumulative impact of original work of publishable standard, a distinguished contribution to knowledge.
2. The qualifying learner demonstrates an understanding, with a high degree of sophistication, of the construction of knowledge within the field and applies that understanding to knowledge creation and/or application.

Critical Cross-field Outcomes

a) "Identifying and solving problems in which responses display that responsible decisions using critical and creative thinking have been made" - see Exit Level Outcomes (ELO) 1 & 2.

b) "Working with others as a member of a team, group, organisation, community" - see ELO 1 & 2.

c) "Organising and managing oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively" - see ELO 1.

d) "Collecting, analysing, organising and critically evaluating information" - see ELO 1 & 2.

e) "Communicating effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or written persuasion" - see ELO 1.

f) "Using science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others" - see ELO 2.

g) "Demonstrating an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts does not exist in isolation" - see ELO 1 & 2.

h) "Contributing to the full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of society at large, by making it the underlying intention of any programme of learning to make an individual aware of the importance of:

• (i) "Reflecting on and exploring a variety of strategies to learn more effectively" - see ELO 1.
• (ii) "Participating as responsible citizens in the life of local, national and global communities" - see ELO 1 & 2; note also that learners act in accordance with the code of conduct of the University and, where relevant, that of the professional discipline being studied.
• (iii) "Being culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts" - see ELO 2.
• (iv) "Exploring education and career opportunities" - see ELO 1 & 2.
• (v) "Developing entrepreneurial opportunities" - see ELO 1.

The applicant has produced a substantial and co-ordinated body of distinguished, original work of publishable standard, for assessment.

Integrated Assessment

The publication represents an integrated assessment. The learner is awarded the degree on submission of a portfolio of original published work in a focused area of educational enquiry.