This paper assesses student perceptions and includes student reflections pertaining to a cohort model doctoral program in Educational Leadership (EdD) at a Southern university in the United States.Based on the open-ended comments and survey responses from 48 participants who graduated with this degree, the cohort-based doctoral program was found to have met the needs of the students. Conclusions and recommendations are drawn based on extensive literature on cohort based EdD program and findings from this case study about one cohort model degree program.
The infection prevention e-learning project initiated by the NHS University was launched in September 2005 and is now administered by the NHS Core Learning Unit. It was intended to be the definitive infection prevention programme for all NHS staff both clinical and non-clinical; however, a higher education institution saw its potential for use in the pre-registration nursing programme and trialled it in the Common Foundation Programme (CFP). This article describes the use of the programme in the CFP and an evaluation of the students’ experience of e-learning.
The purpose of this article is to examine how graduate educational leadership students engaged anddeveloped competencies in a project-based learning environment. The project-based curriculum wasdesigned to facilitate the development of team leadership skills as doctoral students applied thecourse concepts learned throughout their two-year cohort experience. The facilitator introduced theproject-based group endeavor to the doctoral students in their first semester of course work.Periodically, the facilitator would meet with the students to acquire feedback on their progress. Thegroup endeavor concluded in the last semester of coursework with students presenting their resultsbefore the doctoral faculty and other members of the academic community.
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