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Lees, David W.; Uri, Therese – Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 2018
This article explores a doctoral sustainability leadership course in an interdisciplinary leadership program. Learners in the course study sustainability and sustainability leadership from a systemic design perspective. They are invited to become visionaries who work across boundaries and disciplines with cooperative and reflective spirits to find…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Interdisciplinary Approach, Sustainability, Doctoral Programs
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Sonstrom, Wendy Jean; Rachal, John R.; Mohn, Richard S. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
In 2008, the Commission of Professors of Adult Education approved and published "Standards for Graduate Programs in Adult Education," an update of the 1986 "Standards." Using the program websites of the 37 North American programs ascertained to have doctoral programs in the field, this study evaluated all programs' course…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, College Curriculum, Adult Education, Academic Standards
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Stacy, Jaime C. – Planning and Changing, 2013
This article describes the impact that coursework related to Virginia Commonwealth University's inaugural EdD program had on a public school administrator; particularly how the Carnegie Project for the Educational Doctorate's (CPED) working principles continue to play a role in solving "Problems of Practice" in an at-risk school long…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Doctoral Programs, Education Majors, Curriculum Development
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Ishiyama, John; Miles, Tom; Balarezo, Christine – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2010
In this article, we investigate the graduate curricula of political science programs and 122 Ph.D.-granting political science programs in the United States and how they seek to prepare political science teachers. We first investigate whether the department offers a dedicated political science course at the graduate level on college teaching, and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Political Science, College Curriculum, College Instruction
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Nicolaides, Nitsa; Gaynor, Alan K. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1992
Examined 36 syllabi describing doctoral-level theory courses, analyzing concepts, topics, and conceptual frameworks. Compared study results and recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Educational Administration. The courses emphasized mainstream organizational theories and failed to incorporate emerging perspectives in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Course Descriptions, Doctoral Programs, Evaluation
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Wapner, Seymour – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
The major goals of this two-semester seminar are to help first-year graduate students understand the links among perspective, theory, assumptions, problem formulation, methods, and findings in psychological research and to optimize their transition into the PhD program. The seminar is described and evaluated and suggestions for change are made.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Doctoral Programs