Description
The Doctorate in Education aims to prepare professionals with a strong scientific foundation who are capable of generating knowledge and shedding light, within their chosen line of research, on the wide range of educational contexts and challenges that today’s constantly changing and evolving society presents.
It seeks to train doctoral graduates who contribute meaningfully to human, scientific, and technological development, both within society at large and in their own field of specialization or focus.
Learning Objectives
Competencies
- Provide students with the fundamental concepts and research methodologies used in the field of Education, preparing them to design, develop, and evaluate, individually and in teams, research projects within the various lines offered, thereby acting as agents of improvement in educational processes across different levels and contexts.
- Teach in new or less familiar educational settings within broad learning environments, enabling students to apply their acquired knowledge, formulate judgments, make decisions, and solve problems, thus contributing to diverse approaches related to educational research.
- Provide scientific research tools that allow students to manage pedagogical projects, conduct research, or produce creative work while demonstrating mastery of the material in an ethical manner.
Outcomes
- Share knowledge, methodologies, and research methods related to the program’s research lines so that students can develop their dissertation projects and integrate into a research community.
- Engage in an environment conducive to debate on epistemological and methodological issues related to research projects undertaken for doctoral dissertations.
- Apply the knowledge acquired to the conception, design, and implementation of research projects that can contribute to rethinking education from the various research perspectives.
- Exercise sound judgment through critical analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of complex ideas.
- Communicate effectively with researchers, educators, and society at large regarding the areas of knowledge studied.
- Contribute, through original research, to the advancement of knowledge worthy of national and international scholarly publication.
- Plan, implement, support, and evaluate pedagogical projects across different knowledge areas within formal education, addressing their transversal dimensions.
Who Should Apply
University graduates holding a Master’s degree in any field of knowledge who are currently engaged in, or wish to become part of, the human capital capable of conceiving, designing, evaluating, and managing solutions that positively impact human development and quality of life, while fostering social progress and economic growth.
Duration
Although this is a distance-learning program, it follows a collaborative and cooperative learning methodology, with specific start dates established in each academic call.
For academic and learning purposes, the program has a minimum duration of 36 months, depending on the progress of the research project.
The maximum time allowed to complete the program is 60 months. Within this period, the student must have successfully completed all evaluated activities and defended their Doctoral Dissertation.
Structure
| Doctorate in Education with a specialty in Research | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Subject | Academic Term | Credits | ||
| Phase I: Introductory Subjects | |||||
| DO005 | Research Methodology I. Fundaments | 3 Months | 6 | ||
| DO0014 | Research Methodology II. Paradigms and Methods | 1.5 Months | 3 | ||
| DO011 | Research Seminar | 1.5 Months | 3 | ||
| Total | 6 Months | 12 | |||
| Phase II: Core Subjects | |||||
| (The student must indicate the subjects they wish to take during this phase. The total number of credits from the selected subjects must be a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 30.) | |||||
| FP117 | Learning Theories and Teaching Methodological Bases | 2 Months | 4 | ||
| FP118 | Curricular Planning and Design | 2 Months | 4 | ||
| FP119 | Learning Factors | 3 Months | 6 | ||
| FP120 | Creation, Adaptation, and Evaluation of Materials | 2.5 Months | 5 | ||
| FP121 | Outcome Development | 2 Months | 4 | ||
| FP122 | Special Education Fundaments, Diversity Assistance | 2 Months | 4 | ||
| FP123 | Educational Consultation and Tutoring | 3 Months | 6 | ||
| FP124 | Applied Teaching | 3 Months | 6 | ||
| FP125 | Physical Activity Applied to Health Education and Performance | 3 Months | 6 | ||
| FP126 | ICT in Education and Learning Theories | 1.5 Months | 3 | ||
| FP127 | Organization and Management of Teaching Centers | 3 Months | 6 | ||
| Total | 1 Year | 24 | |||
| Phase III: Research | |||||
| DO006 | Research Work I | 2 Months | 5 | ||
| DO007 | Research Work II | 2 Months | 5 | ||
| DO008 | Thesis Proposal | 8 Months | 4 | ||
| Total | 1 Year | 14 | |||
| Phase IV: Thesis | |||||
| DO009 | Thesis Development | 30 Months | 15 | ||
| DO010 | Thesis Dissertation | 10 | |||
| Total | 2.5 Years | 25 | |||
| Total | 5 Years | 75 | |||
Lines of Research
This doctoral program allows students to take courses and carry out their doctoral research within one of the following lines of research, following a tailored study plan:
- Guidance and Tutoring in the Educational System
- Educational Research Methodology
- Language Didactics
- Attention to Diversity and Inclusive Education in the Educational System
- Educational Technology and Innovation with ICT
- Teacher Training
- Evaluation of Schools and Teachers for Quality in the Teaching-Learning Process
- Organization and Management of Educational Institutions. Curriculum Design and Consulting. School Evaluation
- Applied Musicology and Cultural Management
- Learning and Education: Related Factors and Strategies
- Didactics of Physical Education, Health, and Performance
- Didactics of Music History and Music Education
- Health Projects
- Didactics of Foreign Languages and Second Language Acquisition
- Education and Emotional Intelligence
- Management of Cultural Diversity
- Multiculturalism and Interculturality
- Job Competence, Education, and Employment
- Culture of Peace, Conflict Resolution, and Classroom Coexistence
- Educational Neuroscience, Learning, and Pedagogical Innovation
- Artificial Intelligence, Learning, and Educational Transformation
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Degree
Upon completion of the program, the student will obtain the degree of Doctor of Education with a specialty in Research, awarded by Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana.