Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Leadership

The purpose of this degree is to provide advanced professional study and preparation for research for Christian educators and leaders.

Learning Outcomes: Graduates of the educational leadership program will be able to

• interpret the changing themes in American traditional education from the 1600s to the present,
• exhibit a distinctively Christian-traditional philosophy of education as it applies to curriculum and methods of teaching,
• assess the philosophical roots of major educational theories and current practice,
• demonstrate graduate-level competence in written research and analysis,
• apply biblical wisdom and character to leadership situations,
• plan the duties of a school leader,
• evaluate formal educational research for Christian classroom applications,
• exhibit a working, comprehensive knowledge of educational leadership in writing,
• exhibit a working, comprehensive knowledge of educational leadership orally, and
• perform and successfully defend high-quality, original research that will contribute to the cause of Christian-traditional education.

Students will be required to take Summer Seminar online in addition to these requirements.