Ashland University
PhD in Educational Studies
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See the degree grade →A research-focused doctoral pathway centered on historical, technological and inclusive approaches to education. Suited to experienced educators, researchers or counselor-practitioners who want to pursue scholarship or leadership in instructional design, disability inclusion, language-acquisition models and the history of educational technologies.
What you'll study
Study emphases reflect the programme's specialties and research directions rather than a fixed module list. Topics you can expect to explore include:
- Historical representations and artifacts of technology — examining how educational technologies have been represented and used in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Disability and inclusion in the 19th and 20th centuries — historical and pedagogical analyses of disability and inclusive practices.
- Instructional design for tele‑tandem language acquisition — models and didactics for paired learning between English‑ and Portuguese‑speaking learners.
- Pedagogy and didactics — theory and practice of teaching, curriculum design and classroom methodologies.
Entry requirements
The source does not specify formal entry rules for this named PhD pathway. Relevant prior qualifications held by the faculty associated with the programme include a PhD in Educational Studies, a M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling, a specialist degree in Education and Human Development, and undergraduate preparation in psychology; applicants to doctoral study would typically present comparable graduate credentials and research readiness.
Career prospects
Graduates are prepared for roles in higher education and applied settings: university faculty and researchers in education, instructional designers focused on language or technology‑mediated learning, program developers for inclusive education, and leadership positions in counselor education or school counseling. The profile also supports international or cross‑cultural work, given experience in Canada, Brazil and the United States.
Scholarships & funding angle
Work connected to this programme has attracted a range of competitive funding and grants, indicating avenues for externally supported research. Examples of funders and awards associated with the programme/faculty include the U.S. Department of Education (International and Foreign Language Education; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education), Fulbright‑Hays Seminars Abroad, the Ohio Department of Education Office for Exceptional Children, the Dean’s Compact on Exceptional Children Incentive Grant, and a Brazil–USA Consortium Grant.
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