(1) With an accredited Ed.D. plus a qualified record of 5 years of professional experience in the education sector, you can easily get a lecturing job at the Faculty of Education in most institutions of higher learning, especially when you aspire to be an educational leader in one of three disciplines: Culture, Institutions, and Society (CIS); Education Policy and Program Evaluation (EPPE); or Human Development, Learning and Teaching (HDLT).

(2) Comeback to Ans. (1), if you are a staff of the Faculty of Education, naturally you'll teach the faculty-based primary discipline subjects. However, because you have a Science Major, it is possible to teach biomedical science-related subjects. The higher research authority you have in combined Pedagogy & Biology, the better opportunity you gain to teach in both fields.

(3) Honestly, salary negotiation is pretty much skill-oriented (i.e., hard, soft & transferable skills). Your starting salary equation does not depend explicitly on your education background. More importantly, you have great missions to foster in students the capacity to be global knowledge educators, and to produce graduates of distinction committed to lifelong learning, ethical practice and professionalism, as well as capable of being responsible leaders. Anyhow, since your charming factor is very high, I believe you can handily win the tug-of-war on fat cat salary.

Your prior education in Biomedicine & Health Sciences has greatly expanded your non-laboratory research ability to investigate, evaluate, interpret, and explore educational issues related to Biomedical Sciences, as well as to improve the quality of education using combined Pedagogy & Biology techniques. As a case in point, consider the following research ideas ::

(1) The Kinesiology of MultiRacial Society: Towards a Theory of How Racial Patterns Emerge in Medical Schools in Malaysia

(2) Evaluating the Impact of MOSTI's ScienceFund, TechnoFund, and InnoFund on Biomedical Graduate Student Success

(3) Academic and Non-academic Factors which Lead to Success in Careers in Biomedical Sciences in Malaysia

(4) Raising Malaysia's ranking in the UNDP gender index in Private and Public Medical Schools

This post has been edited by Critical_Fallacy: Oct 15 2013, 01:22 PM

Consistency is a word that everyone knows, but few people really understand its true meaning. The key to consistency is Diversity. Here are four Tai-Chi principles for dealing with situations like this.

(1) Accept the bias without offering resistance, because it's an opportunity to restore a balanced interpersonal dynamic
(2) Turn and look at things from their viewpoints (e.g., What kind of consistency/qualification is important?)
(3) Take a chance to step away and re-center yourself allows you to take the wind out of their sails.
(4) Synchronize yourself with them (just like Elizabeth Edwards' famous quote)

Creativity is the ability to connect two seemingly unrelated things in an efficient way. In Malaysia, Ed.D. students usually carry out focused research in their area of specialization, which is of immediate relevance to local interest that involves solving educational issues using existing pedagogy knowledge and within resource constraints. In your case, having a Science Major enables you to specialize in Science Education by providing an atmosphere that promotes the understanding of diverse viewpoints from a wide range of scientific disciplines.

Have you chosen the right university for you?

Not a wise move! Touch wood, what if your foolish hubby dump you for a younger attractive woman? It's becoming a norm in the urban population. At least, with a Ed.D, you can become a policy-maker in the field of education.

By the way, I'm just wondering... Can someone with a MSc in Health Sciences (majoring in infectious diseases) get a job as an Epidemiologist? We know that epidemiologists investigate the triggers of an infection and causes of a disease to prevent them from transmitting and recurring.

Yes. Too bad you don't have interest in mechatronics. Our modern world is virtually filled with mechatronic devices, gadgets and machines (DGM). What is your non-mechatronic interest?

What kind of thing is that thing you cannot “tahan”? Singaporean girls?