View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
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Dr. Flohr is contributing faculty at Walden since 2006 in education and research, was awarded professor emeritus from Texas, and in 2017 won Walden’s Bernard L. Turner award. He served as president of a state association, Fulbright scholar, Faculty Fellow of the Association of American Colleges, and is the author of a Prentice Hall college text as well as research articles and book chapters. One of his books was recently translated into Chinese. He enjoys working with students on research and works for social change with solar energy.
RESI 8401 - Residency courses
RSCH 8110 - Research Theory
EDUC 8800 - Research Forum
EdD, University of Illinois
MS, University of Illinois
BA, Hamline University
Solar Way Energy, Organizer - Fleetwood
Bernard L. Turner Award, Walden University, 2017
Fulbright Specialist, Fulbright , 2016
Faculty Fellows program, American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2003
Flohr, J. (2017). 小孩子的音乐生活 .
Flohr, J., Persellin, D. C., Miller, D. C., Meeuwesen, H. (2011). Relationships among music listening, temperament, and cognitive abilities of four-year-old children. Visions of Research in Music Education
Flohr, J. W., Persellin, D. C. (2013). Move to learn! Strategies based on recent brain research. Perspectives
Flohr, J. (2017). Music education in early childhood teacher education programs in USA. Nanjing Normal University
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