Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

• Adult Education Leadership
  
  This specialization guides students in developing the knowledge and skills required to conceive, plan, and deliver highly effective corporate training and development activities using the latest techniques, electronic technologies, and learning strategies.
  
  
• Community College Leadership
  
  Students of Community College Leadership will develop proficiency in how individuals, particularly adults, learn most effectively; what tools and strategies best promote learning; and how educational systems and policies can be changed to promote the academic mission of the community college in today’s society.
  
  
• Early Childhood Education
  
  At Walden, you will gain the expertise to lead in the creation and implementation of new program practices, to apply emerging research on development in the early years, and to conceptualize new paradigms for early learning.
  
  
• Educational Technology
  
  This specialization helps develop leaders who can effectively apply technology to learning and teaching in schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education across the country. At Walden, you will become highly skilled in course development and delivery using technology, integration of technology in the curriculum, cognition and technology-based instruction, and the management of technology for improved learning.
  
  
• Higher Education
  
  The Higher Education curriculum emphasizes proficiency in understanding the needs of a changing clientele and academic community; analyzing and implementing strategies to promote learning and to support development in higher education; and learning how systems and policies can be used to ensure organizational effectiveness and social change in postsecondary settings.
  
  
• K-12 Educational Leadership
  
  Walden’s K–12 specialization provides a much-needed new model for advanced study in the field of educational leadership. A highly flexible, student-centered curriculum is designed to create local, regional, and state educational leaders who can relate to diverse, multicultural, K–12 and community-based school populations.
  
  
• Special Education
  
  At Walden, you will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to provide leadership in the special education field and to better assist your own students in the self-actualization process. Emphasis is on services to exceptional/disabled individuals and to the related areas of special education administration, including law, finance, and ethics. Graduates hold leadership, administrative, and teaching positions in schools and school districts and research and teaching positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
  
  
• Self-Designed
  
  Educators who are interested in pursuing an area that is not among the specializations currently offered may develop their own specialization with the approval of the faculty chair. Current students have developed self-designed specializations in curriculum areas, such as math education, science education, art or music education, and literacy, as well as in discipline areas, such as English language learning and urban education.