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.
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
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Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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Beyond a BA in science education; MS in Educational Media; and PhD in Education, Technology Specialization, it is Dr. Paige's 18 years spent in business and marketing along with his 10 years as a vocational school instructor and academic integration specialist that he credits with providing validity for his research and his contributions to the classroom. As a Walden graduate, Dr. Paige was honored with the Harold L. Hodgkinson Award for Research Excellence, nominated for an international award, selected to provide a chapter for a textbook, The Teacher for the Knowledge Society, and he has been honored by having his dissertation represented as an exemplar in three recently published books on successful dissertation writing. Dr. Paige returned to Walden as an instructor, because like many of you, he has a passion to stay in touch with education as both a teacher and a learner. That passion was recently rewarded by his students and colleagues who selected him for the 2016 Faculty Excellence Award and by his peers who honored him with the title Senior Contributing Faculty. Dr. Paige's current role as Lead and Senior Contributing Faculty for Ph.D. in Education: Organizational Research, Assessment, and Evaluation (ORAE) in the School of Higher Education, Leadership, and Policy of The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership combines over 30 years of teaching and educational administrative experiences.
EDPD 8024 - Dynamics of Communication for Impact and Results
EDUC 6135 - Distance Learning
PhD, Walden University
MS, State University of New York, Albany
BA, Hartwick College
Faculty Excellence Award, , 2016
Harold L. Hodgkinson Award for Research Excellence, Walden University, 2007
Don E. Ackerman Research Fellowship in Educational, Walden University, 2004
Selection: Leadership Cleveland, , 2008
Selection: Chautauqua Leadership Network, , 1997
Paige, R. (2010). Beyond student-centered instruction: A model for teaching learning-to-learn strategies. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Paige, R. D. (2014). Animate your content. Walden University
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