Professional Doctorate in Special Education

The Professional Doctorate course in Special Education is designed specifically for teachers, mentors, and coaches who wish to improve their skills and competencies to teach students in classrooms and environments that include special needs students. The program enables the aspirant will develop their overall knowledge, abilities, and confidence in teaching the students in inclusive classrooms all around the world.

Course Overview

The Professional Doctorate in Special Education course helps students focus on special education teaching and learning methods and enables candidates to develop new skill sets in the field of education. The program brings in a set of techniques that will enable the students to understand the specific needs of every individual learner in an inclusive classroom.

This course takes an in-depth view into the field of education and learners will also be able to prepare 21st-century classrooms, foster digital literacy, develop curriculum, manage academics, and varying sorts of assessment & evaluative skills. The PD program is specifically designed with attention to special education, thereby enabling the learners to practice new and advanced special education strategies.

Benefits of Pursuing a Professional Doctorate in Special Education

Gain an understanding of various symptoms and needs of special children such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Down Syndrome, Autism, and various Learning Disabilities.
Effectively develop teaching techniques to address the needs and requirements of special children.
Learn how to foster inclusivity in classroom settings across cultures and geographical locations.
Initiative successful endeavours as an educator, mentor, or trainer to provide guidance and direction that helps shape the future of the students.
Become an extremely eligible educator in the job market globally while mastering the contemporary approaches to inclusive teaching
Understanding the curriculum design process and learners' social and emotional competencies.

Who is most suited for a Professional Doctorate?

This higher-learning degree program is ideally suited for experienced educators who are looking to enhance their careers and bring about innovative changes in the field of education. The program enables candidates to engage in advanced research and apply evidence-based practices in teaching to improve the overall student experience. A Professional Doctorate is also appropriate for candidates who are looking to take on leadership and administrative roles in schools and educational institutions that involve designing educational policies and leading educational reforms.

Eligibility

To be eligible to pursue a Professional Doctorate, an applicant must meet the following criteria:

A recognised Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in the relevant field of study.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience.
Verified score of a standardised test such as IELTS 6.0, or its equivalent.

Course Curriculum

Coursework 1 - Conducting Accurate Internet Research (15 Credits)
Coursework 2 -
- Introduction to Research (15 Credits)
- Crafting your Research (30 Credits)
Dissertation - 10,000 words Research Paper (90 Credits)
Viva Voce / Thesis Defense (30 Credits)

Duration

The duration of a Professional Doctorate is generally 36 months. Our Program Officers will help you throughout the course to complete the course in an accelerated process.

Career Opportunities

Achieve your dream of making a difference in the lives of people with a professional doctorate in special education. Most people who pursue a Professional Doctorate with a Special Education focus become inclusive classroom teachers, but one of the interesting aspects of this particular degree is the wide-ranging careers it opens up to help children with special needs.

This is a crucial case since not everybody who gets a professional doctorate in special education becomes a special education teacher. Instead, it trainees them for a variety of occupations in allied fields, many of which send them down different routes.

Admission Process

The candidate needs to fill up the application form from our website
After the successful submission of the application form, the candidate receives an email from our enrollment department with detailed instructions
The candidate is required to fill up the admission evaluation form and submit their updated resume
Upon the acceptance of enrollment, the candidate receives a provisional offer letter with course fee, payment plan, and admissible scholarship if any
After the confirmation, the candidate is required to make the payment for the course fee which marks the end of the application process

Fees Structure

The courses offered by East Bridge University come with the flexibility of taking the course from anywhere in the world, without the need to be available at any particular location. Our programs are designed such that they are affordable to people from all across the globe, keeping in mind the needs and requirements of people from various walks of life.

We understand the need for financial planning in any decision-making process and hence. We have easy installment plans when it comes to fees payment, without any extra interest charged. All our payments can be done through various modes such as Credit Cards, Online Bank transfers, PayPal, or Cash at our Global Centers.

Our course fees include tax, program of study, LMS access, study guide, evaluation and assessment, diploma, and courier charges apply for Degree dispatch to your country. However, separate charges are applicable for Certificate Notary and Apostille which are issued from Paris.

Course Fee for EBU’s Professional Doctorate (PD) Courses: