Augusta University’s Doctor of Education in Educational Innovation program is a member of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED). Part of CPED’s mission is to investigate, study, and consider solutions for problems of practice. CPED defines a problem of practice as: “a persistent, contextualized, and specific issue embedded in the work of a professional practitioner, the addressing of which has the potential to result in improved understanding, experience, and outcomes.”
Identification of a Problem of Practice
• What is the problem?
• Who is affected/impacted?
• Where does the problem reside? What is the context of this problem?
• Why do you perceive this to be a persistent problem?
• Are there data to support your perception?
• What research or literature supports this as a problem? Cite no more than two studies.
Investigation of the Problem
• What might you do to understand the problem?
• How might you test possible interventions or solutions for the problem?
• What research methodologies might you use?
• How might a collaborative research team approach/investigate this problem?
