Professor Paul Morris

  • Qualifications and position:
    • D.Phil.
      DCLL(Hon)
    • Professor of Education
  • Faculty:
  • Department:
  • Summary:
    • Prior to joining the IOE in 2007 I worked in Hong Kong from 1976 where I was Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1993 and President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education from 2002.
  • Teaching:
    • MA in Comparative Education
      Education & Development in East Asia
      Comparative Education:Theory and Methods
      MA in Lifelong Learning
      DEd and PGDE: Foundations of Professionalism
  • Research Projects:
    • I lead the International Network funded by the Leverhulme Foundation titled "Japan and East Asian Identities Education Network". This brings together researchers from UK, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore who are involved in analysing how images of Japan and the Japanese are portrayed in those countries.

      I am currently involved in analysing how policy borrowing is used in the process of education policy making in the UK.

      Various issues related to Citizenship Education and the process of national identity formation, especially in East Asia.
  • Professional Activities:
    • Member of the Editorial Panel of the Cambridge Journal of Education (UK)
      Member of the Editorial Board of Curriculum Perspectives (Australia)
      Member of the International Advisory Board of the Research Papers in Education (UK)
      Associate Editor of the Journal Education for Teaching (UK)
      Co-Editor of of the journal Compare
      Member of the Editorial Board:The International Journal of Learning and Lesson Studies
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Association of Asian Studies(Chicago,2009) Education Politics and the state in Hong Kong.
      Pacific Circle Consortium(Taipei,2009) Education in Multicultural Societies.
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • Hong Kong & East Asia
  • Languages Spoken:
    • English
  • Research Students:
    • Laura Johnson: Global Citizenship and the model UN project
      Khatera Khamsi: History Education and National Identity Construction in Singapore
      Barry Mc Donald: International students studying A&D courses in the UK.
      Yan Fei: Education in Tibet.
      Farah Ahmed, Education and state formation in Kenya.
      Wei Wen, HE in the PRC.
      B.Cunningham, Mentoring and Professional Development.
      Euan Auld: Patterns of Policy Borrowing.
      Yun You: Teacher Education in the UK and East Asian Models.
      Elham Torabian: Student Perspectives on the DEd.
      Yu Ping Hsu:QA systems in HE in Taiwan.
 

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Publications

  • Johnson, L. & Morris, P.  (in press) 'Critical citizenship education in England: a comparative analysis ', Comparative Education
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  • Morris, P. (2012) 'Pick n' mix, select and project; policy borrowing and the quest for 'world class' schooling: an analysis of the 2010 schools White Paper', The Journal of Education Policy 27:1, 89-107.
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  • Morris, P. and Adamson, B. (2010) Curriculum, Schooling & Society in Hong Kong . Hong Kong (The Hong Kong University Press).
  • Morris, P  (2010) 'Academic Freedom, University Governance and the State ', Journal of Education Policy 25(5), 587-603.
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  • Johnson, L and Morris, P  (2010) 'Towards a Framework for Critical Citizenship Education', The Curriculum Journal 21(1) , 77-96.
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  • Morris, P. (2009) 'Education, Politics and the State in Hong Kong' In M. Lall and E. Vickers (Eds.) , Education as a Political Tool in Asia. Abingdon & New York (Routledge) .
  • Morris, P, Cogan, John J. and Liu, Meihui. (2008) 'A Comparative Overview: Civic Education Across Six Societies ' In J.Arthur & I.Davies (Eds.) , Citizenship Education. London (SAGE Publications).
  • Morris, P.  (2008) 'Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Education in Hong Kong' In D.Johnson and R. Maclean (Eds.) , Teaching: Professionalism, Development and leadership. UK (Springer).
  • Adamson, B. and Morris, P. (2007) 'Comparing Curricula' M.Bray et.al(Eds.) , Comparative Education Research:Approaches and Methods. CERC:HKU.
  • Morris, P. (2004) 'Teaching in Hong Kong, professionalization, accountability and the state', Research Papers in Education Vol. 19, No. 1, 105-121.
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