Physical Education, Doctor of Education in Kinesiology

Improve the lives of children and youth through physical education. The doctor of education program in physical education teacher education gives you the evidence-based best practices to educate teachers who work with children and youth in developing and maintaining healthy, active lifestyles.

As you learn the best practices in teaching physical education to children and youth, our doctoral degree in physical education will prepare you to:

Apply relevant theoretical knowledge to educational problems
Design research to answer specific questions
Refine, modify, apply and teach knowledge in the field
Become a leader who can engage in public policy discussion and advocacy
Serve as a model for the profession

Program Features

Learn by doing and reflecting approach gives you the capacity to motivate your students to make physical activity a part of their lifestyle.

Gain the knowledge and expertise needed to prepare pre-service teachers who can meet the increasing demand for highly qualified physical education teachers.

Access to faculty mentors committed to an excellent learning environment.

An education as diverse as the people in it.

Many opportunities to collaborate with school districts, professionals and researchers as you tackle research projects that make a difference for teachers and students.