Doctor of Education (EdD) Educational Psychology
The EdD Educational Psychology aims to provide experienced and fully qualified educational psychologists with the opportunity to study at an advanced level for a Doctoral degree by a part-time programme that integrates recent and applicable theory with the latest in professional practice. This is in line with national developments to move the profession of educational psychology to becoming a Doctoral profession.
The key features of the Exeter EdD are that it is organised to fit around and support busy EP work schedules and that it will update and integrate professional competence and theoretical knowledge and understanding. Module assignments and the research thesis will be linked to professional practice and service needs. One of the distinctive features of the Exeter EdD is its orientation to collaborative learning and a consultancy mode of professional practice.
Our Philosophy
The Professional Doctorates Programme is founded in a model of co-operative learning and firmly embedded in the principles and practices of adult and professional education. It provides a safe but challenging space within a supportive community of peers for scholarly reflection on, and experiment with, new concepts and ideas, professional understandings of practice, and research skills.
We favour a style of interaction that places a great deal of emphasis on personal responsibility, self-awareness, recognition of the needs of others and open and honest communication. Our tutors aim to act as facilitators, helping you to develop the necessary critical distance from which: to review and evaluate research, theory, policy and practice; to examine and challenge your own professional practice and its relationship with theory and policy; and to design and undertake your own ethically-informed research.
Course & Modules
The course is organised into five 30-credit modules followed by a dissertation. Two of the modules are focused on Research Methodology, two more on Educational Psychology and one elective module of your choice. The EdD programme is currently designed to be completed in a minimum of 4 years part-time, although it may in practice take a year longer. The research methodology modules are mandatory for all EdD students, and provide guidance for writing the dissertation.
The Exeter EdD can be tailored to professionals who live outside easy travelling distance of Exeter, including overseas, through the use of the internet and block visits to Exeter.
Module teaching will take place via individual tutorials with module tutors, arranged at times to suit students and to fit in with their work commitments. Once enrolled on the programme the Special Field Leader, Professor Brahm Norwich, will be in touch with students regarding arrangements for tutorials.
Current Modules
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The Nature of Educational Research (EEDD031) (compulsory module)
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Doing and Using Educational Research (EEDD032) (compulsory module)
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Psychological assessment and intervention with children and adults (EEDD004)
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The professional educational psychologist as researcher (EEDD018)
Teaching & Assessment
In addition to the face-to-face lecture and seminar sessions, you’ll have regular tutorial support from academic staff in person and/or by telephone, email and internet protocols; and receive detailed written feedback on assignments.
At the thesis stage, you are allocated a personal tutor and research thesis supervisor who is a qualified professional Ed Psych. Tutors are involved and interested in a range of research orientations and models including interpretive, action research, quasi-experimental, systematic empirical, collaborative research.
On some pathways, group supervision sessions are also available.
How am I assessed?
Students are required to complete five modules, plus a final research thesis of 50,000 words. All students complete two compulsory modules on research methodology, and three further modules, two of which must be in their special field. After successful completion of the five taught modules, students proceed to the thesis.
The EdD is awarded upon successful completion of all five assignments, the thesis and a viva voce examination.
EdD students are entitled to use the Research Support Unit which provides a wide range of support for research. You also have access to a dedicated space for social gathering in addition to your own work space, where you can network and share experiences with a large and diverse community of fellow educational research students.
Fees & Funding
Specialist pathway in Educational Psychology
- Full-time: Home/EU £4,500/yr; International £9,800/yr
- Part-time: Home/EU £2,250/yr; International £4,900/yr
Visit the University's Scholarships, bursaries and studentships pages to find out about all available funding opportunities.
Careers
By opting to study for an EdD at Exeter, you are outlining your commitment to continuing professional development and personal growth. The programme will not only improve your confidence in your values and actions as a professional, but will also raise your credibility in the workplace.
Studying for an EdD should be seen as the next step in your career progression, by helping you to develop a critical approach to your work and increasing your ability to think and act more systematically.
Entry Requirements
You will be expected to have be an educational psychologist with a Masters degree, and at least three years relevant professional experience.
If English is not your first language you will need to submit, before starting a programme, evidence of a good command of English. For students completing the IELTS (International English Language Testing System), this means an overall score of at least 6.5, with no less than 6.0 in the writing section, and no less than 5.0 in any other section.
Academic Staff
Our tutors have national and international reputations for research and publications in their specialist fields. They regularly present keynote and other papers at conferences throughout the world; are active in Learned Societies; contribute to national policy debates; and act as consultants and external examiners. Several have written and edited books and/or are editors of academic and scholarly journals in their specialist fields. They also continue to practice and/or to have active links with their specialist professional communities in the UK and worldwide.
- Professor Brahm Norwich (Course Director)
- Professor Bob Burden
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