The doctorate in educational leadership at XYZ University prepares leaders to make positive changes in their communities and organizations. An important aspect of the program requires students to complete a Dissertation in Practice related to a problem identified within their educational setting. Students begin work on the dissertation during…

This study employs the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to examine strategies that foster cognitive presence in a specific discipline context -- the professional education doctorate (EdD). The article presents the results of a qualitative inquiry revealing how a cohort of doctoral students (n = 15) developed cognitive presence in an online…

Smartphone is the most wanted gadget of this era and smartphone addiction is the association with its use. This research aims to find the role of craving, social relationships, and overuse of smartphone as determinants of smartphone addiction and its influence on students' academic performance. This study uses purposive sampling (nonprobability)…

Broadband internet increases the hourly wages of college-educated workers. However, little is known about how broadband internet affects the wages of workers with different college majors. I combine several Norwegian data sets to answer this question. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband infrastructure and provided plausibly…

The topic of practicing and prospective teachers' readership has received attention in reading research, but there is a gap in Western studies when it comes to comparing teachers' reading status with that of the general population. With data from a national survey in Taiwan on college juniors, this study found that education majors as a subgroup…

The peer-review process used in most academic journals is critical for curating evidence-based knowledge. Although many graduate programmes expect students to engage in the research process, these programmes often do not mandate formal training for the publication process. With few studies examining the graduate student experience in the…

The study investigated the predictive effect of Emotional intelligence (EI), ICT competence, Financial Stability and Gender on academic performance of distance learners. Descriptive survey design was employed for this study. Purposive stratified sampling technique was used to select 350 participants among third year to sixth year learners. Three…

This article shares insights from a review of dissertations produced by students in an EdD program in Educational Leadership at a public university in Connecticut. Program curriculum and learning experiences, built upon a social justice platform, prepare students to engage in scholarship and action to improve educational systems. However,…

Critical friendship is an innovative method used to strengthen an individual's professional skills, including critical reflection, thinking, and problem-solving abilities in educational settings. Critical friendships can occur through one-on-one relationships or in groups known as critical friendship groups (CFGs). Literature on CFGs examines the…

This study explored the impact of a thoughtfully designed activity that used manipulatives to represent student diversity and impact student engagement within a constructivist course for first-year education students at a small private liberal arts university. The activity encouraged students to represent their own diversity by building something…

This study explored learning which occurred when mature distance education students co-developed an open educational resource (OER) with their lecturers using Smith's critical reflection as a method to guide reflection on their learning. This study is significant since student learning on the co-development of an open educational resource could…

Considering the enrollment decline in university teacher preparation programs, this phenomenological study explored the experiences of seven southeastern Wisconsin public high school juniors and seniors, who were interested in a pursuing a teaching degree, but have changed their minds and dismissed their original career path. The purpose of the…

This essay highlights the value of an applied methodology course in program evaluation in the education doctorate program by exploring several benefits that it offers to enhance a doctoral student's ability to solve complex problems of practice. Observations and recommendations are made based on designing and teaching two cohorts of EdD students…

This study aimed to collect input for the definition of a conceptual framework of digital competence for information literacy to be developed in the context of doctoral programs in Education. A systematic literature review methodology was adopted, and several steps were developed that included: preliminary readings and initial mapping, which…

This article describes a novel approach of integrating writing center professionals into online EdD dissertation committees to enhance student success and writing proficiency. Departing from the traditional "master-apprentice" model of doctoral studies, the study explores the rationale behind restructuring dissertation committees to…