Ed.D. Overview (Adult Education Cognate)
- Gail Derrick, Ed.D.
Cognate Faculty
The Ed.D. is delivered primarily online (along with one-week summer residencies) and is designed to facilitate the learning styles of adults and provide a collaborative community for higher-level thinking and problem solving. The problem-based curriculum, applied dissertation projects, and individually designed cognates allow for a tailor-made program. Undergirding the entire program is critical thinking, scholarly research, writing, and learning from a Christian worldview. The capstone project, as with any doctoral program, is the submission and defense of a doctoral dissertation project.
Summer 2009 START DATE: Cohorts for this cognate will begin with a one-week residency (July 13-17) at our Virginia Beach Campus. |
Program Highlights Include:
- Results: Doctor of Education degree. The Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) is awarded after completion of 30 credit hours. The Doctor of Education degree is awarded after completion of 60 credit hours.
- Length: May be completed in as little as 3 years.
- Courses: View Course Sequence and Descriptions
- Format: The program is offered in a cohort model beginning with a one-week residency in the month of July. Subsequent courses are offered online with additional one-week residencies during the second and third summers of the program. School division cohorts are also offered in varying formats. Residency 2008>>Get more information
- Credit Hours: 60 credit hours.
- Features: Online coursework, cognate and dissertation advisor, on-campus residencies.
Cognate Description:
The Adult Education cognate is designed to prepare students for careers and leadership in programs and organizations involved in the education of adults. This program will equip organizational and institutional decision makers with the knowledge and skills to design, implement and evaluate professional development programs for adult populations. Decision makers in the areas of higher education, K-12 public and private education, business, government, and corporate settings will be prepared to effectively deliver results-based programs that will further the professional practice of adult learners within their domain. This cognate emphasizes theory and research of teaching and learning, motivational aspects, self-efficacy, supervision, organizational and institutional change, design, delivery and evaluation issues in teaching and learning, and curriculum design for the adult learner. Read dissertation abstracts of students in the Adult Education cognate.
