Bio

Dr. Tennisha Morris is an educator with 25 years experience in the field. She is currently lecturer and coordinator for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. She also coordinates the ECCE programme for the Eastern Caribbean Joint Board of Teacher Education (ECJBTE).
 
Dr. Morris joined the School of Education (SOE) in 2023. Prior to this, she was lecturer and coordinator for Literacy Studies at The UWI, Mona campus and Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at The Mico University College in Jamaica. Dr. Morris also served as a Quality Assurance Officer with the Barbados Accreditation Council and as Educational Consultant with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), where she did work on Gender and Early Childhood.
 
Dr. Morris received an award for Excellence in Teaching from The UWI, Mona for the academic year 2022-2023. 
 
 

Qualifications

PhD in Education, The UWI, Cave Hill, 2017

Research Areas

Early Childhood Care and Education; Early
Literacy Development; Literacy Development
through Play, Gender and Early Childhood

Teaching Areas

Graduate:
EDEC 2000 - Fundamentals of Early Childhood Care and Education
EDEC 2005 - Growth, Development and Learning in the Early Years
EDEC 3011 - Home, School and Community 
EDEC 3012 - The Integrated Curriculum
EDEC 3090 - The Early Childhood Practicum
EDRS 6210 - Foundations of Educational Research II

 

Select Publications

Lewis-Fokum, Y., Thomas, J., Morris, T., &Whyte-Williams, W. (2024). The literacybeliefs, language attitudes and teaching practices ofa select group of Jamaican grade one teachers.Caribbean Education Research Journal, 9(1), 102-132.

Morris, T. (2022). Gendering the Literacy Classroom:Teachers’ Beliefs and Practice. Caribbean Education
Research Journal, 7(1), 1–17.

Keywords

Early Childhood Care and Education; Early Literacy Development; Gender and Literacy
Development, Gender and Early Childhood; Caribbean