Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID)

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Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID)
EducationUniversity of Colorado, Boulder

• School of Education participation in CID
• Innovations within School of Education
• Collaborations with other CID-Education schools

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School of Education participation in CID

• 10 schools nationwide participating in CID
  Education.
• Two CU committee members attended CID Summer
  Convening.
• Many schools focusing innovations at program area
  level (I.e. math education).
• CU SoE revising entire doctoral degree.
• CU School of Education program areas
• Research Evaluation Methodology Educational
  Psychology Instruction Curriculum Educational
  Foundations, Policy Practice Educational
  Equity and Cultural Diversity

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Innovations within School of Education

• Old approach
• Various, highly individual apprenticeship
  experiences and course activities
• Sporadic conference attendance
• Uneven preparation of students
• New approach
• Equalized opportunities for research and teaching
  apprenticeships
• Better coordination of course activities
• More balance and stronger preparation for all
  students

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Innovations with School of Education

• Our goal
• To develop a cohort of students who form a
  community of scholars and later become leaders in
  evidence-based educational research, policy, and
  practice
• Our method
• Integration of first year preparation for all
  students
• Our plan
• First year required core program, including Big
  Ideas course, yearlong courses in Quantitative
  Methods and Qualitative Methods, and program area
  seminars

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Innovations within School of Education

• Big Ideas of the discipline
• Covers topics, concepts, and theories with which
  all students of educational research should be
  familiar.
• Creates shared knowledge despite diverse
  backgrounds.
• Serves as a springboard for more advanced
  coursework in each program area.

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Innovations within School of Education

• Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
• Provides an understanding of theory and practice
  in both research traditions.
• Better illustrates relationships among methods
  and the link between research question and method.

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Innovations within School of Education

• Program Area Seminars
• Lets entering students pursue their area of
  specialization during the first year.
• Provides all students a regular and comfortable
  forum for discussion and presentation of
  important topics in their area of specialization.

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Collaborations with other CID-Education schools

• Joint program reviews with partner institutions.
• Research and evaluation of process. CU taking
  the lead in developing instruments for assessment
  of education doctoral program innovations.
• Graduate students from all CID-Education schools
  producing autobiographical narratives on
  commonalities and differences within doctoral
  education. Focusing on areas of research
  preparation, mentorship, diverse career
  aspirations, and the future of the field.