Short Bio
Professor Keith Morrison has worked in higher education for 40 years, in the UK and South-East Asia, formerly at the University of Durham, UK and, since 2000, in Macau, where he has been Dean of a School of Education, Registrar, Director and Adviser for Institutional Development, and a university Vice‑rector. He is currently Vice‑rector at the University of Saint Joseph, in Macau. He is the author of 20 academic books and, until 2021, he was the Co‑editor of the international peer‑reviewed journal Educational Research and Evaluation. He has conducted consultancies for governments, companies, organizations, and institutions in the UK, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore, USA, Hong Kong, and Macau, and he has produced reports, papers and technical reports for government agencies and officers in several countries. He has been a reviewer for 25 international journals and for several leading international book publishers, and is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Management in Education and is a regular contributor to Macau Business. He is in the top 10 of Google Scholar's world's most cited authors in education. Before moving into higher education he taught in kindergarten, primary and secondary schools in the UK. He has worked on research, consultancy and development projects in schools and teacher education. He has been a prize‑winning music scholar and cathedral choral scholar/lay clerk; he is an organist, a member of the Royal College of Organists and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His recent work in higher education academic and administration fields has been in research methods, quality assurance, accreditation, educational development and training for higher education academic and administrative staff.
Publications
Keith Morrison is the author of 20 academic books, including: Student Engagement, Higher Education, and Social Justice (with C. Bramley); Replication Research in Education; Taming Randomized Controlled Trials in Education; Research Methods in Education (several editions) (with L. Cohen & L. Manion); Causation in Educational Research; Managing Complex Change in School (with A. Salcedo); School Leadership and Complexity Theory; Management Theories for Educational Change; Implementing Cross‑curricular Themes; A Guide to Teaching Practice (several editions). Several of his books have been translated into different languages. Until 2021 he was the Co‑editor of the international peer‑reviewed journal Educational Research and Evaluation. He has >100 academic journal papers, >50 international conference papers, chapters in 15 books, and >300 other educational publications. At the time of writing his citation profile is:
Orcid: 0000-0002-5205-4639
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9me2ysgAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Keith_Morrison3
Google Scholar citations: >105,000
i-10 index: 85
ResearchGate citations: >33,000
ResearchGate reads: >293,000
Scopus profile: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=84216552
Modules
Year 1 Doctorate
This module provides an overview of methods and techniques for quantitative research, including the concepts and practical applications of descriptive and inferential statistics, with the aim to motivate the students to build skills in data collection and analysis for their Ph.D. research. The topics covered include general concepts such as sampling strategies, evaluations of reliability and validity of data, and the connection between the research question/hypothesis definition and quantitative data analysis. Different types of statistical tests and techniques are presented and computational tools (Excel, R, and SPSS) are used in practical workshops.
This module enables students to plan and conduct qualitative research studies. The module introduces instrumentation for data collection, including interviews, observation, and reflection on practice. For qualitative studies, it considers matters of researcher bias, sampling, piloting, reliability and validity in the conduct of research, operationalizing research questions; the politics and micro-politics of research; insider and outsider research. This module also aims to enable students to analyze and interpret and present the results of different kinds of qualitative studies.
This module aims to introduce participants to key elements of doctoral research in the broad sense of an Academic framework. It focuses on providing an understanding of the research support Mechanisms at USJ and in overviews of the main research specialisation fields within the University of Saint Joseph, namely Business Administration; Education; Global Studies; Government Studies; History; Information Systems; Psychology; Religious Studies; Science. The course also provides an opportunity for the students to present and discuss their own work in a seminar environment.
This Module provides an initial experience of supervised research work where students will work with their intended supervisor in a collaborative tutorial model that resembles the practice of Thesis Supervision. During the Module the intended supervisor will guide the student trough multiple meetings (up to 15) during a full academic year The students will conduct autonomous research that should result in a preliminary literature review, research contextualisation and a thesis proposal completely finished and prepared to be submitted to the Foundation Year Final thesis proposal review and assessment instances.
Year 1 Master
This course enables participants to gain a greater understanding of their professional practice by considering research in the field, not only by reading research articles but also by producing a small-scale research project. Participants will learn to distinguish between ‘academic’ and ‘practitioner-based’ research, discussing the different goals and potentials of each. They will develop an understanding of the way research is shaped by the researcher’s beliefs and worldview. The module will cover various research methodologies, with emphasis on action-research, case study, ethnography, and life story, as well as research techniques relevant in the field of educational inquiry.