BA, MLitt (UNE), MEd (Syd), PhD (Minn), GradDipAdultEd (SCAE), MACEA

Associate of the Faculty
Academic area: Community and Experiential Learning

Telephone: +61 2 9514 3863
Email: Roger.Morris@uts.edu.au
Room: CB10.5.314
Campus: City - CB10 Building

Roger Morris has worked in higher education for more than 25 years. During that time, he has held a number of senior positions including: Director of External and Continuing Education (GTC); Academic Planning Officer (SCAE); Director,Academic Planning and Services (ITATE); Assistant Dean (FAE); and Alternate Dean (Faculty of Education).

Teaching Areas:
Program design, implementation, and evaluation; Australian adult education; Social, historical and philosophiical foundations of adult education; Educational administration and management; Politics of education; Policy analysis.

Research Areas:
Roger's major research interest is in the history of adult education, more particularly, the history of Australian adult education. Roger also maintains his ongoing interest in international and comparative adult education. Moreover, he has completed, over the years, significant work on the professional education of practitioners.

? President, Australian Association of Adult and Community Education (AAACE) 1996-98. Member,National Executive of the AAACE 1987-to present. Secretary, NSW Branch of the AAACE 1991- to present. Member, NSW Branch of the AAACE 1985- to present.
? Assistant State Secretary, Lecturers' Association (NSWTF),1975-1995. State Secretary 1995- to present.
? Life Member, Canterbury-Bankstown Teachers' Association (1975), Lecturers' Association (1994), NSWTF (1995).
? Member, nominated by the NSW-VCC, NSW TAFE Accreditation Council, 1994- to present.
? Vice President, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 1998-1999. Member of the Board, 1995-to present.
? Member, Council, Sydney WEA,1990-98.

Publications:
Morris,R(1999)'Adult learners' week-Australia and Slovenia: A first attempt at comparison' in J.Reischmann, M.Bron Jr, and Z.Jelenc (editors) Comparative adult education 1998. Ljubljana: ISCAE/SIAE.
Morris,R(1998)'Australia's oldest adult education provider: The SMSA' in the Proceedings of the 38th National Conference of the AAACE, Perth,WA, November.
Morris,R(1996)'The founding of the ASPBAE: An Australian view' Paper presented to the Second General Assembly of the ASPBAE' Darwin,NT, December.
Morris,R(1996)'Adult education; Liberal or vocational' in the Proceedings of the 36th National Conference of the AAACE, Coolangatta,Qld, October.
Morris,R(1996)'The adult education professoriate in Australia' in the Proceedings of the 15th Midwest Research Conference on Adult Education, University of Nebraska,Lincoln, October.
Morris,R(1996)'Adult and Continuing Education'; 'Primary Schools'; 'Public and Private Schools'; and "Secondary Schools' in The Australian Encyclopaedia, Terrey Hills: Australian Geographic.
Foley,G and Morris,R(1995)'The history and political economy of Australian adult education',in G.Foley(editor) Understanding adult education and training. St Leonards: Allen and Unwin.
Crombie,A and Morris,R(1995)'Civic action and public education: The Australian experience'in Celebrating Excellence: Learning and teaching in adult higher education, Columbus,Oh: The Alliance.
Morris,R(1995)'The diffusion of useful knowledge...adult and vocational education' in the Proceedings of the 35th National Conference of the AAACE, Ross,Tas, December.
McIntyre.J, Foley,G. Morris,R. and Tennant,M.(1995) ACE works: The vocational outcomes of ACE courses in NSW. Sydney: BACE.