Prof Nigel Norris
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Professor of Education |
N dot Norris at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3575 |
Registry And Council House 1.29 |
Biography
Nigel Norris is Professor of Education. He was appointed to the Centre for Applied Research in Education in 1979, first as a Senior Research Associate and in 1982 as a Lecturer specialising in programme and policy evaluation. Since then he has been involved in a wide variety of evaluation and research studies including evaluations of: curriculum development and information technology in education; police training in the UK and Australia; nurse education; GP training and professional and vocational training policies; curriculum reform in Spain; the reform of the comprehensive school curriculum in Finland; school breakfast clubs in England and the setting up of children's trusts. He has been Dean and more recently Head of the School of Education and Lifelong Learning and was a Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1998 – 2004, and chair of the Senate Disciplinary Committee from 2007 – 2012. He is currently Chair of the University Research Ethics Committee and a member of Council. He is the Executive Editor of the Cambridge Journal of Education and on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Education Policy.
Key Research Interests
Professor Norris' current research interests include the history, theory and practice of educational research and evaluation, the history of the curriculum reform movement and education and training in the professions.
Professor Norris has supervised to successful completion 19 PhD and 2 Ed.D students.
Pauline Bryant (Ed.D), Maggie Bunting (Ed.D), Deborah Harrison (PhD), Justin Hett (PhD), Jane Marlow (PhD), Helene Rankin (PhD), Nawal Alzahrani (PhD).
Stephanie Aspin (PhD), Elizabeth Blowers (Ed.D), Katrina Emerson (Ed.D), Vernon Holt (PhD),
Jeremy Sokhi (PhD) and Rick Adams (PhD), both in the School of Pharmacy
Elliott, J. & Norris, N. eds. (2012) Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Research – The Work of Lawrence Stenhouse, London: Taylor Francis
Norris, N. ed. (2008) Curriculum and the Teacher: Readings from the Cambridge Journal of Education 1971 – 2006, London: Taylor Francis
Kushner, S. & Norris, N. eds. (2007) Dilemmas of Engagement: Evaluation and the New Public Management, (Advances in Program Evaluation Vol. 10), Oxford: Elsevier
Norris, N., Aspland, R., MacDonald, B., Schostak, J. & Zamorski, B. (1996) An Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Curriculum Reform in Finland, Helsinki: National Board of Education.
Norris, N. (1990) Understanding Educational Evaluation, London: Kogan Page (re-published in paperback 1993)
MacDonald, B. Argent, M, Elliott, J. May, N. Miller, & Norris, N. (1987) Police Probationer Training: the final report of the Stage Two Review, London: HMSO
Wright, D., Loftus, M., Christou, M., Eggleton, A. & Norris, N. (2006) Healthcare Professional Education & Training: How does Pharmacy in Great Britain compare? London: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Norris, N. et al (1998) ‘Recertification in General Practice Reconsidered’ http://www.uea.ac.uk/care/pubs/recert.pdf
Eide, K. & Norris, N. (1993) Environmental Education Policies in Finland: a review. Helsinki: Ministry of Education, National Board of Education
MacDonald, B., Elliott, J. & Norris, N. et al (1990) Studies in Police Training: An Evaluation of Police Recruit Education in New South Wales, Australia. Norwich: Centre for Applied Research in Education, University of East Anglia
Norris, N. (2012) ‘Lawrence Alexander Stenhouse: an educational life’ in Elliott, J. & Norris, N. (eds.) Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Research – The Work of Lawrence Stenhouse, London: Taylor Francis pp. 7 - 49
Elliott, J. & Norris, N. (2012) ‘The Stenhouse Legacy’, in Elliott, J. & Norris, N. (eds.) Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Research – The Work of Lawrence Stenhouse, London: Taylor Francis pp 137 - 152
Norris, N. (2008) ‘Curriculum and the Teacher’ in Norris, N. ed. Curriculum and the Teacher: Readings from the Cambridge Journal of Education 1971 – 2006, London: Taylor Francis pp. 1 - 28
Norris, N. (2007) ‘Evaluation and Trust’, Kushner, S. & Norris, N. (Eds). Dilemmas of Engagement: Evaluation and the New Public Management, Oxford: Elsevier
Norris, N. & Kushner, S. (2007) ‘Evaluation and the New Public Management’, Kushner. S. & Norris, N. eds. Dilemmas of Engagement: Evaluation and the New Public Management, Oxford: Elsevier
Norris, N. (2004) ‘Validity’ Encyclopaedia of Evaluation, London: Sage
Norris, N. & Walker R. (2004) ‘Naturalistic Inquiry’ Somekh, B. & Lewin, K. eds Research Methods in the Social Sciences, London: Sage pp 131 – 137
Norris, N. (1997) ‘Contract Research’ Burgess, B. ed. Encyclopaedia of Social Research Methods, London: Routledge
Norris, N. & Phillips. T. (1996) "An Evaluation of the Polytechnic Experiment in Kemi-Tornio and North Karelia" Maljojoki, P. and Kurtakko, K. eds Evaluation Report on the North Karelia and Kemi-Tornio Polytechnics. Joensuu, Finland: Pohjois-Karjalan Ammattikorkeakoulu pp 9 - 20
Norris, N. (1995) "Koulutusohjelmien Arviointi" Takala, S. (ed) Arviointi ja Koulutuksen Laadun Kehittaminen. Kasvatustieteiden Utukimuslaitos Jyvaskylan Yliopisto. [Norris, N. (1995) "Evaluation of Educational Programmes" Takala, S. (ed) Evaluation and the Enhancement of the Quality of Education. Jyvaskyla, Finland: Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla]
Norris, N. (1994) ‘Making the Most of Judgement Data’ Pettigrew, M & Somekh, B. eds. Evaluating Innovation in Environmental Education, Paris: OECD pp 161 – 164
Norris, N. (1993) ‘Evaluation, Economics and Performance Indicators’ Elliott, J. (Ed) Reconstructing Teacher Education, Falmer Press.
Hammad, W. & Norris, N. (2009) ‘Centralised control: A Barrier to Shared Decision-making in Egyptian Secondary Schools’ International Studies in Educational Administration 37 (2) pp 60 – 73
Norris, N. (2005) ‘The Politics of Evaluation and the Methodological Imagination’ American Journal of Evaluation, 26 (4): 584 – 586
Harvey, I.,Shepstone, L.,Swift,L., Reading, R., Mugford, M., Norris, N. Thoburn, J., Robinson, J. (2004) ‘A National Evaluation of School Breakfast Clubs: evidence from a cluster randomised controlled trial and an observational analysis’ Child: Care, Health and Development, 30 (5): 413 - 427
Robinson, J. & Norris, N. (2001) ‘Generalisation and Evidence-Based Practice’, Educational Action Research, 9 (2): 303-309
Norris, N. (1998) ‘Curriculum Evaluation Revisited’, Cambridge Journal of Education, 28. (2): 207 – 219
Norris, N. (1998) ‘Evaluación, Economía e Indicadores de Rendimiento’ HEURESIS. Revista Electrónica de Investigación Curricular y Educativa, Vol.1, n2, http://www2.uca.es/HEURESIS
Norris, N. (1997) ‘Error Bias and Validity in Qualitative Research’ Educational Action Research, 5 (1): 173 – 176
House, E., Haug, C. & Norris, N. (1996) ‘Producing Evaluations in a Large Bureaucracy’ Evaluation, 2 (2): 135 – 150
Norris, N. (1996) ‘Professor Hargreaves, the TTA and Evidence-based Practice’ Research Intelligence, 57: 2 – 4
Norris, C. & Norris, N. (1993) ‘Defining Good Policing’ Policing and Society, 3: 205 – 221
Norris, N (1995) ‘Contracts, Control and Evaluation’ Journal of Education Policy, 10 (3) 271 – 285
Norris, N. (1992) ‘Problems in Police Training’ Policing, 8. Autumn: 210 – 221
Norris, N. (1991) ‘The Trouble with Competence’ Cambridge Journal of Education, 21: 331 - 341.
Norris, N. & Pettigrew, M. (1991) ‘Evaluation and Research’ Research Intelligence, 40
Norris, N., Davies, R. & Beattie, C. (1990) ‘Evaluating new technology: the case of the Interactive Video in Schools Programme’ British Journal of Educational Technology, 21: 84-89.
PhD & Ed.D supervision
Professor Norris has supervised to successful completion 19 PhD and 2 Ed.D students.
Current research students
Primary Supervisor:
Pauline Bryant (Ed.D), Maggie Bunting (Ed.D), Deborah Harrison (PhD), Justin Hett (PhD), Jane Marlow (PhD), Helene Rankin (PhD), Nawal Alzahrani (PhD).
Second Supervisor:
Stephanie Aspin (PhD), Elizabeth Blowers (Ed.D), Katrina Emerson (Ed.D), Vernon Holt (PhD),
Supervisory Panel:
Jeremy Sokhi (PhD) and Rick Adams (PhD), both in the School of PharmacyPublications
Books
Elliott, J. & Norris, N. eds. (2012) Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Research – The Work of Lawrence Stenhouse, London: Taylor Francis
Norris, N. ed. (2008) Curriculum and the Teacher: Readings from the Cambridge Journal of Education 1971 – 2006, London: Taylor Francis
Kushner, S. & Norris, N. eds. (2007) Dilemmas of Engagement: Evaluation and the New Public Management, (Advances in Program Evaluation Vol. 10), Oxford: Elsevier
Norris, N., Aspland, R., MacDonald, B., Schostak, J. & Zamorski, B. (1996) An Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Curriculum Reform in Finland, Helsinki: National Board of Education.
Norris, N. (1990) Understanding Educational Evaluation, London: Kogan Page (re-published in paperback 1993)
MacDonald, B. Argent, M, Elliott, J. May, N. Miller, & Norris, N. (1987) Police Probationer Training: the final report of the Stage Two Review, London: HMSO
Short works
Wright, D., Loftus, M., Christou, M., Eggleton, A. & Norris, N. (2006) Healthcare Professional Education & Training: How does Pharmacy in Great Britain compare? London: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Norris, N. et al (1998) ‘Recertification in General Practice Reconsidered’ http://www.uea.ac.uk/care/pubs/recert.pdf
Eide, K. & Norris, N. (1993) Environmental Education Policies in Finland: a review. Helsinki: Ministry of Education, National Board of Education
MacDonald, B., Elliott, J. & Norris, N. et al (1990) Studies in Police Training: An Evaluation of Police Recruit Education in New South Wales, Australia. Norwich: Centre for Applied Research in Education, University of East Anglia
Contributions to books
Norris, N. (2012) ‘Lawrence Alexander Stenhouse: an educational life’ in Elliott, J. & Norris, N. (eds.) Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Research – The Work of Lawrence Stenhouse, London: Taylor Francis pp. 7 - 49
Elliott, J. & Norris, N. (2012) ‘The Stenhouse Legacy’, in Elliott, J. & Norris, N. (eds.) Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Research – The Work of Lawrence Stenhouse, London: Taylor Francis pp 137 - 152
Norris, N. (2008) ‘Curriculum and the Teacher’ in Norris, N. ed. Curriculum and the Teacher: Readings from the Cambridge Journal of Education 1971 – 2006, London: Taylor Francis pp. 1 - 28
Norris, N. (2007) ‘Evaluation and Trust’, Kushner, S. & Norris, N. (Eds). Dilemmas of Engagement: Evaluation and the New Public Management, Oxford: Elsevier
Norris, N. & Kushner, S. (2007) ‘Evaluation and the New Public Management’, Kushner. S. & Norris, N. eds. Dilemmas of Engagement: Evaluation and the New Public Management, Oxford: Elsevier
Norris, N. (2004) ‘Validity’ Encyclopaedia of Evaluation, London: Sage
Norris, N. & Walker R. (2004) ‘Naturalistic Inquiry’ Somekh, B. & Lewin, K. eds Research Methods in the Social Sciences, London: Sage pp 131 – 137
Norris, N. (1997) ‘Contract Research’ Burgess, B. ed. Encyclopaedia of Social Research Methods, London: Routledge
Norris, N. & Phillips. T. (1996) "An Evaluation of the Polytechnic Experiment in Kemi-Tornio and North Karelia" Maljojoki, P. and Kurtakko, K. eds Evaluation Report on the North Karelia and Kemi-Tornio Polytechnics. Joensuu, Finland: Pohjois-Karjalan Ammattikorkeakoulu pp 9 - 20
Norris, N. (1995) "Koulutusohjelmien Arviointi" Takala, S. (ed) Arviointi ja Koulutuksen Laadun Kehittaminen. Kasvatustieteiden Utukimuslaitos Jyvaskylan Yliopisto. [Norris, N. (1995) "Evaluation of Educational Programmes" Takala, S. (ed) Evaluation and the Enhancement of the Quality of Education. Jyvaskyla, Finland: Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla]
Norris, N. (1994) ‘Making the Most of Judgement Data’ Pettigrew, M & Somekh, B. eds. Evaluating Innovation in Environmental Education, Paris: OECD pp 161 – 164
Norris, N. (1993) ‘Evaluation, Economics and Performance Indicators’ Elliott, J. (Ed) Reconstructing Teacher Education, Falmer Press.
Journal articles
Hammad, W. & Norris, N. (2009) ‘Centralised control: A Barrier to Shared Decision-making in Egyptian Secondary Schools’ International Studies in Educational Administration 37 (2) pp 60 – 73
Norris, N. (2005) ‘The Politics of Evaluation and the Methodological Imagination’ American Journal of Evaluation, 26 (4): 584 – 586
Harvey, I.,Shepstone, L.,Swift,L., Reading, R., Mugford, M., Norris, N. Thoburn, J., Robinson, J. (2004) ‘A National Evaluation of School Breakfast Clubs: evidence from a cluster randomised controlled trial and an observational analysis’ Child: Care, Health and Development, 30 (5): 413 - 427
Robinson, J. & Norris, N. (2001) ‘Generalisation and Evidence-Based Practice’, Educational Action Research, 9 (2): 303-309
Norris, N. (1998) ‘Curriculum Evaluation Revisited’, Cambridge Journal of Education, 28. (2): 207 – 219
Norris, N. (1998) ‘Evaluación, Economía e Indicadores de Rendimiento’ HEURESIS. Revista Electrónica de Investigación Curricular y Educativa, Vol.1, n2, http://www2.uca.es/HEURESIS
Norris, N. (1997) ‘Error Bias and Validity in Qualitative Research’ Educational Action Research, 5 (1): 173 – 176
House, E., Haug, C. & Norris, N. (1996) ‘Producing Evaluations in a Large Bureaucracy’ Evaluation, 2 (2): 135 – 150
Norris, N. (1996) ‘Professor Hargreaves, the TTA and Evidence-based Practice’ Research Intelligence, 57: 2 – 4
Norris, C. & Norris, N. (1993) ‘Defining Good Policing’ Policing and Society, 3: 205 – 221
Norris, N (1995) ‘Contracts, Control and Evaluation’ Journal of Education Policy, 10 (3) 271 – 285
Norris, N. (1992) ‘Problems in Police Training’ Policing, 8. Autumn: 210 – 221
Norris, N. (1991) ‘The Trouble with Competence’ Cambridge Journal of Education, 21: 331 - 341.
Norris, N. & Pettigrew, M. (1991) ‘Evaluation and Research’ Research Intelligence, 40
Norris, N., Davies, R. & Beattie, C. (1990) ‘Evaluating new technology: the case of the Interactive Video in Schools Programme’ British Journal of Educational Technology, 21: 84-89.
Teaching Interests
Professor Norris' teaching duties have included the range of research methodology and theory courses within the Centre for Applied Research in Education. He has taught on the full and part time MA, Ed.D and PhD programmes. His undergraduate teaching has focused on the social construction of childhood.
