Note (added March 6, 2025): The article described below made it to the College’s newsletter in a story titled: Integrating GenAI at the doctoral level, with a special focus on all the faculty from MLFC who had articles in the special issue.
As a professional doctorate, the EdD is uniquely positioned at the intersection of theory and practice, with a focus on developing scholarly practitioners who can apply research to real-world educational challenges. All of the articles in this issue consider the implications of AI for this distinctive mission, but our piece, “The Education Doctorate in the Context of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Epistemic Shifts and Challenges to Practical Wisdom” digs deeper into the concept of practical wisdom and how it may be transformed by generative AI. Complete citation and abstract given below.
Reference: Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., Woo, L., & Oster, N. (2025). The education doctorate in the context of generative artificial intelligence: Epistemic shifts and challenges to practical wisdom. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 10(1), 73-79. https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2025.485
Abstract: The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) fundamentally shifts how educational knowledge is created, shared, and validated. Through the lens of epistemic technologies—tools that transform knowledge creation and dissemination—we analyze how GenAI challenges traditional notions of practical wisdom in education doctorate (EdD) programs. Drawing on parallels with previous epistemic shifts like written language, print, and digital media, we explore how GenAI, as a generative, dialogic, multimodal, and sometimes unpredictable technology, transforms practitioner knowledge and decision-making. We discuss implications for EdD programs, emphasizing the need to balance AI integration with the preservation of human judgment and ethical decision-making to maintain practical wisdom for scholarly practice.
The other articles in this issue, curated by Jim and rest of the editorial team, explore topics such as developing AI use policies tailored to the needs of EdD students, addressing concerns around academic integrity in the context of practitioner scholarship, and envisioning new AI-powered methodologies for connecting research to practice. Collectively, they highlight the unique opportunities and challenges that AI presents for EdD programs.
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