President and Chair of the Board of the ACHPER - The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Researcher in Health and Physical Education curriculum and sport pedagogy.
PhD in Health Education curriculum decision making with Indigenous students
MEd in Health and Physical Education Curriculum Innovation: health related fitness
BEd in Secondary Health and Physical Education teaching
Lecturer in HPE & Humanities and Social Sciences (incl Indigenous Education) since 1990.
Experience
–present
Senior Lecturer in HPE and Sports Pedagogy, Griffith University
Education
2004
Queensland University of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy
Publications
2020
Indigenizing education: discussions and case studies from Australia and Canada, Springer
2019
The recontextualisation of youth wellbeing in Australian schools, Health Education
2018
Re-engaging 'youth at risk' of disengaging from schooling through rugby league club partnership: unpacking the pedagogic practices of the Titans Learning Centre, Sport, Education and Society
2018
Postcolonial, decolonial research dilemmas: fieldwork in Australian Indigenous contexts, Qualitative Research
2017
Indigenous knowledges as a way to disrupt norms in physical education teacher education, Asia Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education
2016
Building social and emotional efficacy to (re)engage young adolescents: capitalising on the 'window of opportunity', International Journal of Inclusive Education
2015
Constructing health and physical education curriculum for indigenous girls in a remote Australian community, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
2011
The potential of critical race theory in decolonizing university curricula, Asia Pacific Journal of Education
2008
Health education in the Torres Strait, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
2007
Introduction: Issues in (Re)Contesting Indigenous Knowledges and Indigenous Studies, Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
2001
Teacher Preparation, Orientation and Expectations in a State School with Indigenous students: a Human Rights Issue?, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues
Grants and Contracts
2019
The multi-cities ethnographies project: Teacher and student learning engagement and wellbeing in urban schools
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Griffith University
2018
Shaping positive student engagement in middle primary years
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University
2016
Rapport in Higher Education
Role:
Co-investigator
Funding Source:
Griffith University
2012
Supporting Future Curriculum Leaders with Embedding Indigenous Perspectives on Teaching Practicum
Role:
Co-investigator
Funding Source:
Australian Learning and Teaching Council
Professional Memberships
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Australian Association for Research in Education
British Educational Research Association
American Educational Research Association
Association Internationale des Écoles Supérieures d’Éducation Physique
Research Areas
Primary Education (Excl. Maori) (130105)
Secondary Education (130106)
Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Education (130301)
Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators (130313)
Physical Education And Development Curriculum And Pedagogy (130210)
Curriculum And Pedagogy Theory And Development (130202)