PhD in Education, major in Educational Leadership and Management

(Regular Program, PhDELM)

This program prepares its graduates for professional careers in teaching, educational policy and evaluation, research and administration.  It also prepares them to have a strong foundation in educational leadership and management. They are exposed to theories, concepts, and principles in educational leadership and management. 

The enabling or major courses are grounded in professional practice to enable the students to develop competence and skills as an educational leader and manager in the area of research, strategic planning and management, curriculum and instruction, and other related areas. 

The integrating courses enable the students to meaningfully connect and integrate theory with practice. These are also focused on understanding one’s self as a leader responsible for transforming educational organizations in a diverse and global society.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Graduates of PhD in Educational Leadership and Management are expected to possess the following Lasallian attributes, namely:

ELGA 1: Critical Thinker and Creative Thinker

  • Analyze educational leadership and management concepts, theories, model, best practices, fiscal forecasting and funds development, issues, trends and developments, innovative approaches, and policy formation, and their implications and/or applications in transforming educational systems and institutions to promote meaningful learning and contribute to social and international development
  • Promote creative, strategic, and transformational thinking, as well as an international, entrepreneurial, and innovative orientation in the workplace.
  • Reflect on and recognize the relationships between personal wellness and leadership, spirituality, and organizational effectiveness.

ELGA2: Effective Communicator

  • Communicate expectations and goals and provide directions that will enable people in the organization to work collaboratively in the attainment of the educational institution’s stakeholders and potential investors.
  • Foster professional ethos and build authentic relationships among school leaders, teachers, students, parents, and employees.

ELGA3: Reflective Life-long Learner

  • Engage in a systematic reflection about one’s professional practice with the aim of acquiring better understanding of oneself in order to lead effectively and responsibly in the renewal and transformation of educational organizations, and in the attainment of the educational institution’s shared vision- mission amidst the changing educational demands of a diverse and globalized society.
  • Openness to continual learning, advancement of knowledge, and enhancement of competence and skills as educational leaders and managers.

ELGA4: Service-driven Citizen

  • Exercise leadership in community development programs and projects grounded in sound research, theory, and practice.
  • Contribute to nation-building by engaging in research for policy development and implementation, innovations in educational leadership and management, teaching and learning, and the optimal contribution of education in personal and societal development. .

ELGA 5: Innovator and Constant seeker of improvement

  • Design and implement strategies that value and recognize the achievements and accomplishments of teachers and students, inspire them to engage with each other in learning, as well as support professional growth of teachers.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission to programs offered by the Department of Educational Leadership and Management is on a selective basis. In general, only those students who can profit from graduate work and are able to successfully comply with prescribed requirements for graduation shall be considered.

The following factors are considered in the admission process:

  • Possession of a master’s degree in educational management with an average of at least 90%.
  • Managerial experience
  • Interview results
  • Potential for graduate work and educational leadership based on results of interview
  • Clarity of proposed research area

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Prerequisite Courses

Students who intend to pursue the Educational Leadership and Management track whose MA degrees are not in Educational Leadership and Management are required to take a total of 13 units of courses offered in the master’s program in Educational Leadership and Management. The following courses are:

  • Educational Leadership and Management in the New Economy
  • Curriculum Engineering or Instructional Leadership
  • Legal Aspects of Education
  • Fiscal Planning and Management
  • Lasallian Philosophy of Education

Graduates of non-thesis Master’s programs are required to write and complete a thesis prior to enrollment in PhD courses. The adviser and the department chair shall review and approve the thesis paper.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Basic/Foundation Courses  9 units
Major Courses 15 units
Cognates/Electives  6 units
Integrating Courses  6 units
Written Comprehensive Examination  0 units
Research Publication*  0 units
Dissertation Writing 12 units
Total 48 units

Additional six (6) units of Advanced Technical Reading and Writing 1 and 2 will be required for applicants with a low score in the essay part of the entrance examination.

An Integrative Paper is required for all students who have earned 18 units (i.e. half of the 36 academic units of the PHDELM program). The purpose of the Integrative paper is to assess the student’s capability to engage in doctoral research. 

Students are allowed to enroll in academic courses (maximum of six units) during the trimester that they are working on the Integrative Paper. Students whose work is found satisfactory will be allowed to complete the remaining academic courses and program requirements, including enrollment in EDM536D (Philosophies, Theories, and Models of Research in Educational Management).

*The student must have at least one publication in an internationally/nationally indexed journal. The publication date must be within the student’s residency in the program. The published article should bear the name of De La Salle University as the student’s affiliation.

 

BASIC/FOUNDATION COURSES (9 units)

EDM504D   ADVANCED STATISTICS (3 units)
This course exposes the student to statistical principles and methods useful in research and managerial responsibilities. Computer facilities shall be employed extensively in the solution of statistical problems.

EDM536D   PHILOSOPHIES, THEORIES, AND MODELS OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT (3 units)
The course is an extension of the Methods of Research class at the master’s level. It is designed to develop knowledgeable producers and consumers of research on educational management. For a holistic perspective of the research process, the course integrates statistics with research whenever called for. 

EDM540D   EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (3 units)
The course attempts to provide educational leaders with a strong foundation consisting of research, theory-oriented, and inter-disciplinary approaches such that they develop their own principles and theories that may provide consistent guidelines for their management actions. The course focuses on the concepts of strategic planning and management and their applications to the internationalization of education. Students are expected to have acquired knowledge and skills vital to designing strategic plans for educational international institutions.

 

MAJOR COURSES (15 units)

EDM930D   TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL FISCAL HEALTH AND FORECASTING (3 units)
The course focuses on the fiscal health and forecasting of higher international educational institutions and the technological tools to aid in the field. It familiarizes the students with the fiscal standards and procedures in maintaining financially healthy institutions. It also focuses on the process of planning, directing and controlling financial resources for the strategic growth of higher educational institutions within a restrictive and limited market.

EDM691D   STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY FORMATION (3 units)
The course focuses on the concepts of strategic planning and management and their applications to education. It also focuses on strategically responding to and planning the formulation of regional or national Educational policy. Students are expected to have acquired knowledge and skills vital to designing strategic plans for educational institutions and educational policy formation.

The course focuses on the concepts and principles of strategic planning and management and their applications to educational management. Topics for research and discussion will include the context of strategic planning and their implications on educational planning, and planning approaches, process, and methodologies. 

At the end of the course, students are expected to: a) acquire knowledge and understanding of these concepts and principles of strategic planning and management; b) develop expertise in the use of various methodologies, tools and methodologies for strategic planning; and c) apply knowledge and skills learned and acquired by designing a proposed “plan for planning” for an educational institution.

EDM920D   HUMAN BEHAVIOR, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (3 units)
This course will focus on employee behavior, organizational structures and culture, and organizational learning. The course will also examine the relationship between employee behavior, culture and institutional effectiveness and development.

EDM927D   MANAGEMENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (3 units)
The course focuses on the study of curriculum and instruction at the institutional and system levels. The course focuses on the study of curriculum and instruction at the institutional and system levels. Innovative approaches in curriculum management and supervision of instructional programs will be the major focus of this course.

EDM931D   MANAGEMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL & ADAPTIVE INSTITUTIONS IN THE   INTERNATIONALIZATION OF EDUCATION (3 units)
The course serves as a forum for students to discuss concepts and principles of entrepreneurial management and their applications to educational leadership and management of International Higher Educational Institutions. The course also applies the concepts, theories, approaches, models, practices, issues, concerns and consequences of internationalization of higher education managing adaptive Higher Educational Institutions. It provides students with the opportunity to design a program integrating the concepts of internationalization of education for institutions of higher learning in the Philippines.

 

COGNATES/ELECTIVES (6 units)

Any 2 cognates/elective courses:

EDM593D   DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS (3 units)
The course focuses on the design and development of educational delivery systems appropriate in a technology-enabled society. Topics for discussion will include e-learning, distance education, technology-enabled educational platforms among others.

EDM624D   ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (3 units)
This course will specifically deal with different models of qualitative research. This course will introduce students to different kinds of research using the qualitative method at the same time to guide them in the experience of designing and implementing a qualitative study. This course will also give students a clear description of the difference of qualitative research from other forms of researches.

EDM680D   SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION (3 units)
The course introduces to students the basic principles of delivering services to various users in schools, managing the processes that deliver these services and, and how service performance can be improved. The course will primarily deal with academic and administrative services.

EDM905D   SEMINAR IN DISSERTATION WRITING (3 units)
This seminar-workshop is intended to improve the quality of students’ proposed research topics, either for a project paper or a dissertation. This course is therefore designed to introduce students to the critical aspects of their proposed topic by openly sharing and soliciting from co-participants specialized and technical types of research techniques.

EDM914D   MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (3 units)
The course will provide educational leaders the full understanding of the various issues and concerns relative to the organization, management and administration of educational technology in a learning environment. The students will be exposed to the various types of information communication technologies and their instructional application.

 

INTEGRATING COURSES (6 units)

EDM926D   SPIRITUALITY, PERSONAL LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (3 units)
This integrating course will focus on spiritually in the workplace, and will provide opportunities for students to understand concepts, skills and strategies of personal transformation vital in leading organizations in a rapidly changing society. Topics will include personal vision, the context for innovation, and personal well-being. Ethical and responsible organizations and society will also be analyzed.

EDM929D   ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY (3 units)
This integrating course provides a forum for students to analyze global trends and their impact on educational development. Students are expected to develop a plan aimed at bringing about organizational transformation of an educational institution or an educational system.

 

DISSERTATION WRITING (12 units)

EDM951P   DISSERTATION WRITING 1 (6 units)
It involves the development of a research topic, presenting the dissertation proposal, conducting the study, and presenting the results and oral defense.

EDM952P DISSERTATION WRITING 2 (6 units)

EDM953P DISSERTATION WRITING 3  (0 unit)

 

RESEARCH PUBLICATION

EDM908D   RESEARCH PUBLICATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL OR NATIONAL INDEXED JOURNAL