Collaborative Learning Doctoral Program
Program Details
What is the process?
- Complete coursework (see program plan)
Program planning document for C6 (Ph.D. program)
Program planning document for C5 (Ph.D. program)
Program planning document for C1 through C4 (Ed.D. program) - Assemble committee during second semester of program (student must file form required by Graduate School)
- Take written comprehensive exams. Our program does not require diagnostic or qualifying examinations.
Comprehensive Guidelines for 2007
Comprehensive Guidelines for 2008
- Orally defend comprehensive exams in front of committee (student must file form required by Graduate School)
- Write dissertation proposal, with advisor guidance & approval; enroll
in dissertation credit hours.
Guidelines for enrolling for dissertation hours - Orally defend dissertation proposal in front of committee
- Write dissertation, with advisor guidance and approval
- Orally defend dissertation in front of committee (student must file form required by Graduate School)
Who is my advisor?
Dr. John Peters serves as faculty advisor. Much advising is done with the cohort group as a whole during seminar.
What is the residency requirement?
Two consecutive years (including summers) of continuous enrollment in credit-bearing courses and other formal educational experiences. Participants enroll in six to nine hours of course work, including the doctoral seminar per term for the two-year period. The participant is encouraged to remain fully employed at his or her place of employment during residency.
How do I form a doctoral committee?
The student should form a four member committee during the second semester of residency. The Chair should be selected among faculty identified with the Collaborative Learning Program. Other committee members should be selected on the basis of the participant's research agenda. This committee reads your comprehensive examinations and advises on your dissertation.
What is the dissertation research requirement?
Dissertation research is based on collaborative action research principles and methodologies. The focus of study is based in the participant's own practice, appropriately informed by related research and theory. Action research is any form of inquiry designed to improve the practice of those engaged in the research, and for purposes of this program it is expected that both the dissertation researcher and those who lives are being researched should become co-researchers in the process.
It is also expected that participants identify their dissertation topics and begin their research within the second year of their program.
Each participant's dissertation research must focus on some aspect of collaborative learning. The particular action component of the research will vary with the educational situation involved and the interests of the participant. Although an applicant to the program may have a research topic of interest before being admitted, this does not constitute a requirement for admission to the program.
Where can I find additional information I need?
- When
does the semester begin and end?
What is the last day I can add/drop/etc. a course?
I have heard that popular courses fill up quickly. How soon can I register for the upcoming semester? - What
are some courses outside of CL that I may want to take?
- What
courses are offered next semester?
- What are the university-wide requirements for a doctoral degree? (see
pages 31-36)
- What are the required steps to graduate with a doctoral degree?
- What forms do I
need to file during the doctoral process?
- What are the formatting/writing requirements/procedures for the dissertation?
- What are the deadlines for graduating this semester?
Updated 01/04/2008
Contact EPC
525 Jane & David Bailey Education Complex
1122 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3452
Phone: 865-974-8145
Fax: 865-974-0135