• Letter to Prospective Doctoral Students
• EdD and PhD Information

Dear Prospective Doctoral Student:

We appreciate your interest in the graduate programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  You will find the Department of Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Education is a dynamic and intellectually stimulating place to study.  We think about education broadly and deeply, and encourage you to bring your experiences and questions to your program of study. We look forward to learning from you and know that coursework and research experiences will foster growth in understandings about the nature of learners, learning, teachers, and teaching in multiple educational settings across all participants. Faculty ensure that we are creating scholarly, engaged communities invested in making a difference for the future. We are proud of our faculty. Scholars with a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds as well as expertise in diverse professional and research emphases contribute to the department's growing national reputation. They make studying at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln a rich and enjoyable experience, sure to transform and foster professional leadership. 

Our intent is to provide doctoral programs that are both personalized and research-intensive. You will create either a PhD or EdD program that meets your scholarly and professional needs and goals.  Working with a mentor and a supervisory committee in one of three specializations, you will develop an individualized program of study based on your past experiences and future aspirations. An active and engaged scholarly community creates the intellectual space to transform your interests and talents, and informing your understandings of instructional leadership, teacher education, educational contexts, educational program development, curriculum, and/or research, shaping educational policy. Opportunities to collaborate with active researchers in ongoing projects greatly enhance your professional choices.  Our graduates include university and college professors, community educators, superintendents of nationally visible school districts, curriculum developers and coordinators, authors of textbook series, members of statewide standards committees, educational policy makers, research team leaders, and master teachers. Put simply, our doctoral programs enhance your capacity to effect change in a range of educational settings alongside developing your own scholarship and research identity.

I invite you to browse our website and familiarize yourself with our programs.  Please contact me if you have questions.

Sincerely,
Kathleen M. Wilson
Associate Professor & Graduate Chair  (TLTE)
114E Henzlik Hall
PH: 402-472-5970
EMAIL: kwilson3@unl.edu

PhD and EdD

The Department of Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education, in conjunction with the Office of Graduate Studies, offers two doctoral degrees under the Educational Studies (EDUS) major:

• Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy). The Ph.D. is designed for students seeking to conduct research to generate new knowledge or reform educational theory.
• Ed.D. (Doctor of Education). The Ed.D. is recommended for those whose primary interest is in the application of theory and knowledge to improve educational practice.
• Read about the Ed.D. Cohort: Scholars of Practice program.

Both degrees are available in the Department's three broad areas of doctoral specialization

• Teaching, Curriculum, & Learning (TCL) focuses on teaching and learning processes and relations.  You can develop an Area of Emphasis. a) Curriculum, Teaching & Professional Development, b) Education Policy, Practice & Analysis, c) Literacy, Language & Culture, d) School, Society & Reform or e) Teaching and Learning with Technologies. Additionally, if your interest is in a Ph.Dor EdD. in music education click here.
• Instructional Technology (IT) focuses on using technology as a learning tool in various educational settings.
• Internet-based Education (IBE) focuses on using the internet as a platform for teaching and learning

To seek admission to one of the three specializations, you will need to complete a file for the CEHS Graduate Support Services: the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education.

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