Welcome to the Doctorate in Education. On our EdD, you will be supported to develop the skills to produce doctoral level research that can make a significant contribution to knowledge and produce positive social change in our communities. Our EdD is specifically designed for professionals working in a wide range of professional fields, including education, social work, health and related backgrounds, as well as for existing and aspiring academics. You will study within a community of fellow researchers and engage with research seminars, presentations, writing your own publications, as well as undertaking your own research project and becoming an expert in your chosen field.

Dr Ruth Rogers
Course Director

Key dates

Academic Calendar: Trimesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2024-25 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays. 

Welcome

The Doctorate of Education provides an opportunity for professionals in education, and other areas, to study for this award in a way that acknowledges, and is grounded upon, the recognition of professional knowledge. A professional doctorate indicates a high level of professional competence, which embraces a capacity for rigorous investigation informed by theory and practice. Through the intense study of these and other key concepts, the degree will induct you into doctoral work and support you in developing the deep subject knowledge, rich pedagogical knowledge and intellectual strategies necessary to produce research, both at the module and thesis stage, that will withstand the scrutiny of other professionals and researchers.

We are confident you will find the experience of studying at doctoral level highly stimulating and deeply rewarding. We look forward to working with you throughout your studies.

Getting started

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 16 September 2024 - we look forward to meeting you then.

Pre-course reading

Recommended reading for your first modules include:

  1. Biesta, G. (2014) The beautiful risk of education. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers.
  2. Bolton, G. and Delderfield, R. (2018) Reflective practice: writing and professional development. 5th Edition. London: Sage.
  3. Chatfield, T. (2018) Critical thinking: your essential guide. 2nd edn. London: Sage.
  4. Foucault, M. (1972) The Archaeology of Truth. London: Routledge.
  5. Freire, P. (1992) Pedagogy of Hope. London: Continuum.
  6. Freire. P. (2003) Education for Critical Consciousness. London: Continuum.
  7. Freire, P. (2000) Pedagogy of the oppressed. 30th edn. New York: Continuum.
  8. hooks, B. (2009) Teaching critical thinking: practical wisdom. Abingdon: Routledge.
  9. hooks, B. (2014) Teaching to transgress: education as a practice of freedom. New York: Routledge.
  10. Schon, D. A. (1991) The reflective practitioner: How professionals think in action. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
  11. Wallace, M. and Wray, A. (2021) Critical reading and writing for postgraduates. 4th edn. London: Sage.

It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

Contact details

FAHE.CourseAdmin@canterbury.ac.uk