School of Education

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2015.
• Bachelor of Creative Arts Major in Visual Arts, Edith Cowan University, 2011.
• Bachelor of Arts Education, Edith Cowan University, 2011.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• From Plans to Pedagogy: Developing spatial competency of teachers at Vasse Primary School ,  NorvaNivel Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2018 - 2022,  $269,726.
• Participation and Retention in Senior Secondary Schooling,  Sevenoaks Senior College,  Grant,  2019 - 2021,  $91,899.
• Building positive school communities through participatory action research,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2015 (Round 2),  2015 - 2018,  $156,169.
• Towards ensuring a STEM workforce: Engaging industry to inspire and foster real‐world STEM teacher learning,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration Scheme - 2016 Open Round,  2016 - 2017,  $136,805.
• Thinking about Visual Arts: Exploring student engagement and assessment in responding to artworks and artists,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2016,  2016 - 2017,  $23,000.
• Alice Springs - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Strategic Plan and STEAM capacity building,  Northern Territory Government Department of Education,  Tender,  2016 - 2017,  $69,753.
• Educational pilot accommodating rehabilitation of WA Pilbara,  Koodaideri Contracting Services Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2015 - 2016,  $104,715.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

• Imms, W., Morris, J., Grunseit, D., (2020), Innovative furniture and student engagement. The Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation, Singapore, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2262-4_194-1.
• Morris, J., Coleman, K., Toscano, M., Imms, W., (2018), A case for the impact of practice: The Teacher as Practitioner (TAP) report 2018. Community: Becoming with: Research catalogue of the seventh annual Teacher As Practitioner, 72-84, Melbourne, Australia, University of Melbourne.

Journal Articles

• Morris, J., Coleman, KS., (2020), Fluid identities in multiple cultural practices: How practice changes becoming teachers’ perceptions of themselves. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, 13(1), 1-14.
• Merga, M., Mason, S., Morris, J., (2020), ‘What do I even call this?’ Challenges and possibilities of undertaking a thesis by publication. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(9), 1245-1261, DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2019.1671964.
• Mason, S., Merga, M., Morris, J., (2020), Typical scope of time commitment and research outputs of Thesis by Publication in Australia. Higher Education Research and Development, 39(2), 244-258, DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2019.1674253.
• Morris, J., Lummis, G., Lock, G., Ferguson, C., Hill, S., Nykiel, A., (2020), The role of leadership in establishing a positive staff culture in a secondary school. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 48(5), 802-820, DOI: 10.1177/1741143219864937.
• Mason, S., Morris, J., Merga, M., (2020), Institutional and supervisory support for the Thesis by Publication. Australian Journal of Education, X(X), XX-XX, Australian Council for Educational Research Limited, DOI: 10.1177/0004944120929065.
• Mason, S., Merga, M., Morris, J., (2020), Choosing the Thesis by Publication approach: motivations and influencers for doctoral candidates. The Australian Educational Researcher, 47(5), 857–871, DOI: 10.1007/s13384-019-00367-7.
• Blannin, J., Mahat, M., Cleveland, B., Morris, J., Imms, W., (2020), Teachers as embedded practitioner-researchers in innovative learning environments. Centre for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 10(3), 99-116, Slovenia, DOI: 10.26529/cepsj.887.
• Chubko, N., Morris, J., McKinnon, D., Slater, E., Lummis, G., (2019), Engaging adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL students in digital storytelling projects about astronomy. Issues in Educational Research, 29(4), 1107-1130.
• Merga, M., Mason, S., Morris, J., (2019), ‘The constant rejections hurt’: Skills and personal attributes needed to successfully complete a thesis by publication. Learned Publishing, 32(3), 271-281, DOI: 10.1002/leap.1245.
• Morris, J., (2019), The development of a student engagement instrument for the responding strand in visual arts. The Australian Educational Researcher, 46(3), 449-468, DOI: 10.1007/s13384-018-0296-5.
• Chubko, N., Morris, J., McKinnon, D., Slater, E., Lummis, G., (2019), SOLO taxonomy as EFL students' disciplinary literacy evaluation tool in technology-enhanced integrated astronomy course. Language Testing in Asia, 9(1), Article no.19, DOI: 10.1186/s40468-019-0095-6.
• Morris, J., Slater, E., Fitzgerald, M., Lummis, G., Van Etten, E., (2019), Using local rural knowledge to enhance STEM learning for gifted and talented students in Australia. Research in Science Education, article in press(article in press), 1-19, Netherlands, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11165-019-9823-2.
• Merga, M., Mason, S., Morris, J., (2018), Early career experiences of navigating journal article publication: Lessons learnt using an autoethnographic approach. Learned Publishing, 31(4), 381-389, John Wiley & Sons, DOI: 10.1002/leap.1192.
• Morris, J., Imms, W., (2018), Validation of the TAP tool, an instrument measuring the impact of teacher retention intervention strategies. Education and Society, 36(2), 15-27, DOI: 10.7459/es/36.2.03.
• Slater, E., Morris, J., McKinnon, D., (2018), Astronomy alternative conceptions in pre-adolescent students in Western Australia. International Journal of Science Education, 40(17), 2158-2180, United Kingdom, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1522014.
• Norris, C., Morris, J., Lummis, G., (2018), Preservice teachers’ self-efficacy to teach primary science based on ‘science learner’ typology. International Journal of Science Education, 40(18), 2292-2308, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1528645.
• Morris, J., (2018), Arts engagement outside of school: Links with Year 10 to 12 students’ intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy in responding to art. The Australian Educational Researcher, 45(4), 455-472, DOI: 10.1007/s13384-018-0269-8.
• Morris, J., Lummis, G., McKinnon, D., Heyworth, J., (2017), Measuring preservice teacher self-efficacy in music and visual arts: Validation of an amended science teacher efficacy belief instrument. Teaching and Teacher Education, 64(January 2017), 1-11, Oxford, United Kingdom, Pergamon Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.01.014.
• Morris, J., Lummis, G., Lock, G., (2017), Questioning art: Factors affecting students' cognitive engagement in responding. Issues in Educational Research, 27(3), 493-511.
• Lummis, G., Morris, J., Odgaard, J., (2017), The influence of ecological citizenship and political solidarity on Western Australian student teachers’ perceptions of sustainability issues. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 26(2), 135-149, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2016.1235359.
• Lowe, G., Lummis, G., Morris, J., (2017), Pre-service primary teachers' experiences and self-efficacy to teach music: Are they ready?. Issues in Educational Research, 27(2), 314-329.
• Townsend, A., McKinnon, D., Fitzgerald, M., Morris, J., Lummis, G., (2016), Educative curricula and PCK development driven by STEM professional learning in rural and remote schools: A longitudinal type IV case study. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 24(4), 1-17, Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education.
• Lummis, G., Morris, J., Lock, G., (2016), The Western Australian Art and Crafts Superintendents’ advocacy for years k-12 Visual Arts in education. History of Education Review, 45(1), 115-130, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., DOI: 10.1108/HER-12-2014-0045.
• Main, S., O'Rourke, J., Morris, J., Dunjey, H., (2016), Focus on the journey, not the destination: Digital games and students with disability. Issues in Educational Research, 26(2), 315-331.
• Lummis, G., Morris, J., Lock, G., Odgaard, J., (2015), Where Western Australian Graduate Diploma of Education Primary Students Source their Information on Sustainability. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(10), 51-65, Australia, Social Science Press, DOI: 10.14221/ajte.2015v40n10.4.
• Paris, L., Boston, J., Morris, J., (2015), Facebook and the Final Practicum: The Impact of Online Peer Support in the Assistant Teacher Program. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(9), 157-175, Australia, Social Science Press, DOI: 10.14221/ajte.2015v40n9.9.
• Lummis, G., Morris, J., Lovering, C., (2015), Exploring the drama experiences of Western Australian pre-service primary teachers. NJ: Drama Australia Journal, 39(1), 19-30, Abindgon, United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1080/14452294.2015.1083515.

Conference Publications

• Lummis, G., Morris, J., Lock, G., (2016), Factors contributing to the development of positive secondary school staff relationships. Proceedings AARE National Conference 2016, 11p., Australian Association for Research in Education.
• Morris, J., Lummis, G., Lock, G., (2016), Lessons Learnt From the History of Primary Visual Arts Education. Proceedings AARE National Conference 2016, 13p., Australian Association for Research in Education.
• Morris, J., Lummis, G., Lane, J., (2015), Exploring first-year pre-service teachers' experiences and expectations of media arts. AARE Conference Proceedings 2015, 14p., Deakin, ACT, AARE.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

• Morris, J., (2016), Pause: Washing Up and Pause: Walking By. Espresso Self 2016 Exhibition, Spectrum Project Space, and Joondalup Gallery, ECU, Dr G Karpathakis, B. Waters, Dr L Adams.
• Morris, J., Imms, W., Coleman, K., Coleman, K., (2017), Teacher as Practitioner: Ebb and Flow., Heathcote Museum and Gallery.
• Morris, J., Lummis, G., Imms, W., Grant, G., (2016), Resolutions: Creating Liminal Spaces, Teacher Artmaker Project. Resolutions: Creating Liminal Spaces, Teacher Artmaker Project, ECU Art Gallery Joondalup and University of Melbourne, Teacher Artmaker Project.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Digital storytelling as an astronomy disciplinary literacy enhancement approach for adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL students

Associate Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Exploring the impact of postgraduate preservice primary science education on students' self-efficacy
• Master of Education,  The perceived 'classroom readiness' and support of Western Australian primary graduate teachers
• Master of Education,  Primary students' engagement with the visual arts and their transition into year 7
• Master of Education,  A/r/t + design one designer's experience as a a/r/tographer

Adjunct Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Educative curricula and improving the science pck of teachers in middle school settings in rural and remote Australia