Full Description
Undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) can be a daunting yet career-defining task. Through engaging with research, increasing your networks, and conducting your own research project, you will advance your professional practice and understanding of your field.
This second edition of Completing Your EdD is the newly updated essential text to guide you through your doctorate. It provides a thorough and comprehensive guide intended to accompany you as you successfully progress through your EdD. It is packed with critical information covering key topics from both the taught modules you will undertake and advice for conducting your own research project. Updated coverage includes the process of developing a research proposal, researcher positionality tensions and dilemmas, researching digital spaces and related ethical issues, conducting a literature review, theoretical frameworks, the relationship with your supervisor, and much more. Bridging theory and practice, chapters include practical, real-life examples taken from EdD students' experiences and work, as well as extracts offered by practitioners.
Written by current EdD teachers, programme leaders and supervisors, and featuring feedback from recently completed EdD students, this vital resource is a must-read for any EdD candidate and will remain a go-to guide for qualified professionals working in education and beyond.
Contents
Foreword; Gina Wisker
Chapter 1. The structure of a Professional Doctorate in Education; why choose it?; Jane Creaton
Chapter 2. The research proposal; Bethany Kelly
Chapter 3. Ethics in educational research; Paula Nadine Zwozdiak-Myers
Chapter 4. Writing the literature review; Part A: Leena Helavaara Robertson; Part B: Win Pang
Chapter 5. Developing a theoretical framework; Mike Watts
Chapter 6. Researcher positionality, power and doctoral research; Gerry Czerniawski and Michelle Thomason
Chapter 7. Research design and methodological approaches; Kate Hoskins
Chapter 8. Researching digital spaces: Methods and ethics; Nic Crowe and Kate Hoskins
Chapter 9. Analysing and interpreting data; Jim Crawley
Chapter 10. Getting over the finishing line; Iona Burnell Reilly and Gerry Czerniawski
Chapter 11. The examination process and your viva; Jodi Roffey-Barentsen and Richard Malthouse
Chapter 12. Your relationship with your supervisor; Susan Taylor
Chapter 13. Post qualification - now you're a doctor, what next?; Jodi Roffey-Barentsen
