Curriculum & 论文

The Doctoral Studies Orientation provides new students with an entire overview of the program from course work to dissertation proposal and finally to successful completion of the dissertation. The orientation will cover the scope and sequences of the coursework with an overview of how the research benchmark assignments are integrated to prepare students for successful dissertation proposal and completion. 博士研究方向包括图书馆内部和外部访问的图书馆资源概述. Also highlighted in this orientation will be an overview of the instructional delivery system utilized in the program and expectations for student performance as outlined in the doctoral student handbook.

本Curriculum将为学生提供知识和技能，以理解和实践他们在变化的气候中作为领导者的角色. 重点将放在运用领导和组织理论来建立和维持学习文化. 将进一步强调……的作用 领导树立道德榜样, 营造关爱的环境, 建立一个尊重所有成员和差异的学习者社区. 学生将评估他们的领导特质和风格, 评估他们的优点和缺点, 找出需要改进的地方. 通过对整个体制改革等主题的第一手资料的评价和注释，加强研究技能, 相干性建筑, 系统思考, 领导, 组织规划与学习.

本Curriculum让学生深入探索三种领导能力modesâ´教学, 自适应, 以及transformationalâ´´创造学习和持续改进的能力. 通过对这些模式的考察, 学生将进一步加深他们的理解, 确保高质量学习系统的技能和能力, 培养一个高绩效的组织, 促进持续改进, 激发共同愿景, 模拟文化反应性, 并维持包容性学习社区. 将通过评价和注释有关能力建设等主题的主要资料，加强研究技能, 领导, 学习型组织, 在其他主题中. Students will also create a personal philosophy and 领导 development plan to demonstrate their own commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

本Curriculum将提供学生深入了解的发展, 应对, 以及影响更大范围政治的能力, 社会, 经济, 法律, 以及影响组织和实践的文化背景. 将特别强调标准, 政策, 以及目前指导国家决策的实体, 状态, 以及地方层面. The course provides a rich history of the political aspects inherent to policy and how these 政策 transverse from the federal 政府 to 状态 以及地方层面. 团体游华盛顿特区.C. 与政府官员会面将被纳入这门Curriculum.

This course will provide students insight and knowledge into the challenges and complexities of intercultural communication in the global context. 这门Curriculum使学生参与反思的过程, 批判性思维和行动，使他们能够在复杂和动态的跨文化导航 环境和教育设置. Specific emphasis is placed on knowledge and skills necessary for cross-cultural interpersonal and group communication that reflects a commitment to respect for other cultures and an ability to communicate with diverse audiences. Central to the course is the idea that understanding of cultures is essential to leading diverse learning organizations in a rapidly changing and mobile world. 这门Curriculum的最后考察了如何以系统的方式改变文化才能导致成功的改革. 本Curriculum包含国际研究之旅或体验式学习实习.

论文研讨会1作为导向论文研讨会过程的初始阶段.  本次研讨会将着重于确定一个潜在的研究课题, 对文献进行广泛的浏览, 回顾, 总结, 对注释源进行分类, 掌握学术写作风格(美国心理学会).  学生将提供的论文主题和样本论文提案的概述. 研讨会也将参考参考文献评注基准评估的工作. 

论文 Seminar 2 will build on the information covered in 论文 Seminar 1 with the final outcomes of the seminar to be the development of a prospectus and focused 审查 of literature (i.e.，注释的参考书目)为初步的论文提案.  在本Curriculum中，学生将专注于注释和评估资源，并缩小可研究的主题, 在开始确定理论框架和初步研究方法的过程中. Attention will be given to identifying problem 状态ments and research questions that can guide their progress toward completion of the preliminary dissertation proposal.  Students build upon the Annotated Bibliography and Preliminary Literature Review Benchmark Assessments to move students toward an initial outline for the preliminary dissertation proposal. 

论文 Seminar 5 parallels EDD 791 (a-c) to provide doctoral candidates further direction and strategies in implementing the comprehensive dissertation proposal, 应对数据收集和分析中出现的挑战, 组织撰写论文最终文件的第四章和第五章, 按照博士生手册的要求准备论文答辩. Candidates will also attend and participate in a professional conference to gain a complete understanding of the research process and to promote networking among professionals.

论文 Advisements serve as a time for students to focus on scholarly writing skills and the development of a problem 状态ment and a preliminary chapter two and chapter 3 of the dissertation proposal. Important during these advisements will be the student’s identification of a theoretical framework and the kinds of references they will need to continue to gather for the 文献综述.  Initially students build on the Annotated Bibliography and Preliminary Literature Review Benchmarks toward developing broader understanding of their research ideas related to the literature. Each student is assigned a dissertation committee chair to direct the student through the dissertation track process and to provide feedback on drafts of student written work. 

也在论文指导期间, students will focus on the development of the preliminary methodology chapter for the preliminary dissertation proposal and on the development and alignment of research questions to research methods described in the chapter.  将指导学生收集和分析数据, 数量上和质量上都有, 引导他们找到研究问题的答案, 基于通过研究基准:定量研究计划和定性研究计划开发的技能.  每位学生还将从他或她的主席和研究Curriculum导师那里收到关于第一章(问题陈述)草稿的反馈, 研究目的, & 研究问题)和第三章的初步论文提案. EDD 774b 论文 Advisement serves as a time to develop a mixed methods research design from previous work conducted for the Quantitative Research Plan and Qualitative Research Plan.  时间也用于写作, 审查, 修订, 并通过论文开题初稿. 此外, students will be provided with direction in developing a detailed timeline leading them to successful completion of the next stages of the dissertation process.

在论文开题和研究阶段, 博士候选人从事一些活动和任务，以满足论文轨道的要求.

博士生可能需要额外的时间来完成初步的论文提案, 在4位教授的指导下完成学生的学位论文研讨.  经研修班教授和博士办公室批准一次, 博士候选人被分配给论文主席和委员会. 

在论文主席的指导下，与委员会成员合作, 博士候选人开发综合论文提案的最终版本，包括问题陈述, 文献综述, 研究设计. The candidate will also receive training and gain certification on the institutional 审查 board (IRB) approval process at Concordia and submit proposals to the IRB. During this time the candidate also prepares for the oral defense of the dissertation proposal and work with the dissertation chair to schedule the oral defense of the proposal. 

论文研究涉及到论文研究设计的实施, 收集和分析数据, 报告和讨论研究结果.  每位博士候选人将执行研究设计, 遵循论文提案时间表, 收集和分析与论文研究问题相关的数据, 与论文主席一起讨论论文研究计划的执行和数据收集和分析方面的进展, 组织并撰写论文第4章和第5章的草稿, 并按照博士生手册的要求准备论文口头答辩. 论文研究的高潮是论文和论文答辩的顺利完成.