Fields of Research

Physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy
Gender, sexuality and education
Health promotion
Teacher education and professional development of educators
Primary education
Community child health
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
Other education
Educational administration, management and leadership
Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management)
Sociology of education
Higher education
Teacher and student wellbeing
Occupational and workplace health and safety
Educational technology and computing
Health equity
Journalism studies
Family and household studies
Social change
LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy
Fine arts
Australian history
Health services and systems
Social determinants of health
Preventative health care
Secondary education
Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
Urban sociology and community studies

Research Objectives

Gender aspects in education
Health education and promotion
Teacher and instructor development
Behaviour and health
Primary education
Other education and training
Equity and access to education
Pedagogy
Management, resources and leadership
Learner and learning
The media
Teaching and instruction technologies
Neonatal and child health
Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies
Teaching and curriculum
Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
Secondary education
Schools and learning environments
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Other health
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Social structure and health
Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
Exercise
Publishing and print services
Expanding knowledge in education
Policies and development
Health policy evaluation
Determinants of health
Occupational health

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

'All for one and one for all': The formation of a school/university research team; Hawaii International Conference on Education
'How can we motivate school students to be physically active?': Interview with Lucy Breaden
'Just do some physical activity': Exploring experiences of teaching physical education online during Covid-19; Issues in Educational Research
A longitudinal look at habit strength as a measure of success in decreasing prolonged occupational sitting: an evidence-based public health initiative; Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology
A paradox of being both highly valued and highly scrutinized: the Australian male primary teacher experience; 2018 ATEA & TEFANZ Conference: Teacher Education in and for Uncertain Times
A significant opportunity: Pre-service teachers working in boarding house contexts
A Work-Integrated Learning model to enhance the readiness and self-efficacy of pre-service HPE teachers; Australia Association for Research in Education (AARE) HPE SIG Online Conference 2020
ACHPER hosts state conference at University of Tasmania
ACHPER Tasmania President's Report
ACHPER Tasmania President's Report
An exploration of the challenges and benefits of becoming a teacher in a residential education context; Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) conference 2016: transforming education research
An international review to characterize the role, responsibilities, and optimal setting for health literacy mediators; Global Pediatric Health
Anti-men critics are driving male teachers to extinction
Appropriate physical contact: The alignment of policy and male primary teacher perceptions; Issues in Educational Research
Are male primary teachers expected to perform particular extracurricular roles in their schools?; Australian association for research in education (AARE) conference 2018
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) Tasmania President's Report
Bushwalking and bowls in schools: we need to teach kids activities they’ll go on to enjoy
Calls grow for male teachers
Capacity Building and Succession Planning; Open Journal of Leadership
Caution regarding exergames: a skill acquisition perspective; Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
Challenges faced by male primary teachers
Challenges faced by the male primary teacher: A literature review; The Future of Educational Research
Changing masculinities? Using caring masculinity to analyse social media responses to the decline of men in Australian primary school teaching; Journal of Sociology
Chiricahua National Monument
Considering Tyler’s curriculum model in health and physical education; Journal of Education and Educational Development
Construction and validation of a survey instrument to determine the gender-related challenges faced by pre-service male primary teachers; International Journal of Research & Method in Education
Contemplating [en]active curriculum: becoming health literate through Arts and HPE interconnection; Curriculum Perspectives
CSIRO ON PRIME Facilitators Performance Bonus $2000: Healthlit4Kids Team
Decline in male teachers
Declining male teacher numbers
Defining professional self: Teacher educator perspectives of the Pre-ECR journey; Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Designing purposeful health breaks at work; 2018 WorkSafe Conference
Education Department’s gender strategy costs male teachers: 'interview by Louise Roberts'
Empowering children, teachers and parents through HealthLit4Kids in schools: parent views of student engagement; Engagement Transforms 2019 (ET19)
Encounters in a marginalised subject: the experiential challenges faced by Tasmanian Health and Physical Education teachers; Australian Journal of Education
Encouraging students to be active and healthy for life; Active + Healthy Journal
Encouraging teenagers to be physically active in the school holidays: Mornings with Sarah Gillman
Exergames: good for play time, but should not replace physical education
Exploring experiences of teaching physical education online during COVID-19; AIESEP World Congress 2022
Exploring the 'everyday philosophies' of generalist primary school teacher delivery of health literacy education; Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
Exploring the relationship between experiences of working in boarding and teacher development: A Tasmanian boarding school perspective; Australian Boarding Schools Association (Tasmanian Committee) Conference
Exploring the relationship between working in boarding and supporting teachers’ delivery of quality pastoral care: a pilot study; Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference 2016: transforming education research
Fathers and Daughters - Helping girls and their dads build unbreakable bonds: interview with Madonna King
Finalist: Betta Milk ‘Make It Betta’ Health Achievement Award
Followership in the school context; Open Journal of Leadership
Formal submission in response to the Child & Youth Wellbeing Strategy
Framing gender: representing male teachers in the Australian and New Zealand press; Australian Journalism Review
From the wing chair: Stories from and about the experience of living and working in a Tasmanian boarding school; International Journal of Practice Based Humanities
Giving men classroom keys
Good teachers grow: Disrupting negative depictions of teachers through relational a/r/tographic inquiry; Australian Art Education
Greater than the sum of its parts: The formation of a school/university research team; The Role of Participants in Education Research: Ethics, epistemologies and methods
Health and physical education teachers taught keys to happiness
Health Literacy and Equity Research Group
HealthLit4Kids Animation: inclusive and informed participants; Engagement Transforms 2019 (ET19)
HealthLit4Kids: A professional development program to improve teachers’ health literacy knowledge, skills and experience; Global Health Literacy Summit
HealthLit4Kids: Dilemmas associated with student health literacy development in the primary school setting; Health Education Journal
How can a ‘learn by making mistakes’ approach work for outdoor education teachers?
How did parents view the impact of the curriculum-based HealthLit4Kids program beyond the classroom?; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
How do Australian male primary teachers cope with social isolation in their schools?; Education 3-13
How do Australians stay active for life?
How do male primary teachers cope with the fear and uncertainty they experience in relation to physical contact?; Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education
How do male primary teachers negotiate expectations to perform gendered roles in their schools?; The Australian Educational Researcher
How do pre-service male primary teachers cope with gender related challenges?; Australian Journal of Teacher Education
How do we keep children active and healthy for life? Evenings with Sirine Demachkie
How much physical activity should teenagers do, and how can they get enough?
How sport can help young people to become better citizens
How the inequality in sport flows through to health
How to retain male primary teachers
In praise of Ben Lomonds
Interview with Alan Hickey
Interview with Gary Magnussen
It takes a special type of teacher. An investigation into the capabilities of staff working with disengaged students; International Journal of Inclusive Education
Keeping kids active in the school holidays: Interview with Lucy Breaden
Keeping students physically active for life: Interview with Adam Shirley
Launceston Walking Club Annual Report and Financial Statements
Launceston Walking Club has something to suit everyone's style of adventure: interview with Maeve McKenna
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report July
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report July
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report July
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report March
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report March
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report November
Launceston Walking Club Vice President's Quarterly Report November
Launceston Walking Club Vice Presidents Annual Report
Launceston Walking Club Vice Presidents Annual Report
Launceston Walking Club Vice Presidents Annual Report
Launceston Walking Club Vice Presidents Quarterly Report
Launceston Walking Club Vice Presidents Quarterly Report November
Lessons learned from flipping the ADP classroom; Active + Healthy Journal
Low pay, social norms push men from classrooms
Making the links between health and physical education, sport and civics and citizenship education in Australia; Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
Male educators on the fringe; MENu 2018
Male primary school teachers see physical contact with pupils as a challenge
Male primary school teachers, masculinity and identity work in regional Australia; Sport Education and Society
Male primary teachers
Male primary teachers: Breakfast with Tyne Logan
Male Primary Teachers: Interview with Tom Elliott
Male primary teachers’ fear and uncertainty surrounding physical contact; Education 3-13: international journal of primary, elementary and early years education
Male teachers are a minority in Australian schools
Male teachers fear student contact for false abuse claims: experts
Male teachers in Australian primary schools on the decline
Male teachers in primary schools
Male teachers turning off the profession
Mistakes, risk, and learning in outdoor education; Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education
Motivating kids to stay active during the lockdown: interview with Caroline Zielinski
Mt Kinabalu & Volcan Tajumulco
Mt Sinai - Egypt
New research warns male school teachers are at risk of extinction in Australian schools
Northern Support School punch goals for National Health and Physical Education Day: Interview with Jessica Willard
Outdoor Education on the Highland High Way
Peer champions responses to nudge-based strategies designed to reduce prolonged sitting behaviour: lessons learnt and implications from lived experiences of non-compliant participants; AIMS Public Health
Physical Education across the global media: A five year analysis; 31st ACHPER International Conference 2019
Physical education across the international media: a five-year analysis; Sport, Education and Society
Physical education during self-isolation: maintaining the ‘'E’ in PE
Physical Education for healthier kids' - Breakfast with Sean Britten
Postcard from China
Pre-service teacher perceptions of teaching health education online; Health Education
Pre-service teacher perceptions of teaching health education online; AIESEP World Congress 2022
Primary schools are losing more and more male teachers, so how can we retain them?
Providing pastoral care to rural students in metropolitan boarding schools; Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference 2017
Push for more male teachers fails to increase numbers
Recruitment and retention of the male pre service primary teacher; AARE International Research in Education Conference
Renumeration key to keeping quality staff
Representation of Flexible Learning Program Teachers in mainstream media; JERAA Conference 2018
Research Merit Certificate for Outstanding Contribution
Research Merit Certificate for Outstanding Contribution
Research reports on strategies used by male primary teachers to help with career challenges
Researcher hopes his work will help male primary school teachers deal with the challenges they face
Richer schools’ students run faster: how the inequality in sport flows through to health
School leaders reflections on their school’s engagement in a program to foster health literacy development; International Journal of Educational Research Open
School playgrounds are getting squeezed: here are 8 ways to keep students active in small spaces
Segregation and success in Tasmanian primary school sport carnivals; Sport, Education and Society
Should students have to meet a wellbeing standard to achieve their TCE?; Engagement Transforms 2019 (ET19)
Strangers on a train: the politics of collaboration; Australian Educational Researcher
Teacher dilemmas associated with student health literacy development in the primary school setting; Global Health Literacy Summit 2021
Teachers who feel appreciated are less likely to leave the profession
Teaching methods: delivering PE online
The battle of the colours: Irish Catholic identity, St Joseph’s Nudgee College, and rugby 1891-1914; Irish Educational Studies
The Challenges Faced By Male Primary Teachers
The Challenges Faced by Male Primary Teachers; Structuring the Thesis: Matching Method, Paradigm, Theories and Findings
The curriculum took a back seat to huff and puff: teaching high school health and physical education during Covid-19; European Physical Education Review
The framing of men in teaching in the New Zealand and Australian press; Annual Conference of the Journalism, Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA)
The influence of school leadership on student outcomes; Open Journal of Social Sciences
The influence of sport and the media on perceptions of acceptable masculinity in different education contexts; Australian association for research in education (AARE) conference 2018
The Lancet report on worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity: Breakfast with Steve Martin
The online C-Test: evaluating a discipline-specific academic literacy competency assessment tool; Journal of Academic Language & Learning
There's a dearth of male primary teachers in Australia, with uncertainty surrounding physical contact a big reason for men not entering industry
Thinking of choosing a health or PE subject in years 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know
Towards a measure of gender-related challenges faced by male primary teachers; Australian Journal of Education
UTAS research reports on strategies for male primary school teachers to manage career challenges
Walking around El Chalten
Walking the walk: democratizing change in teacher education; Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
We can all inspire dads and boys to read it like Beckham
Wellbeing at the forefront of ACHPER Tasmania conference
What are the capabilities? Working effectively with disengaged students; Independent Education
Where are all the male teachers?
Where have male teachers gone?; Independent Education
Why are so many male primary school teachers dropping out of the profession?
Why it’s a nightmare to use Zoom to get moving
Why male teachers are disappearing from Australian schools: Interview with Elloise Farrow-Smith
Why men choose to become primary teachers; 2012 Australian Association for Research in Education Conference
Why teach health literacy?; Independent Education
Will following your favourite AFL team to the top of Arizona make you healthy for life?
Work integrated learning program brings Mowbray Heights Primary School to UTAS
Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in the Bachelor of Health and Physical Education program; Teaching Matters 2018
Yes, we can play games differently: Socialisation of PETE teachers; Journal of Research and reflections in Education
‘Just do some physical activity’: adaptations for teaching physical education to Tasmanian primary school students at home during COVID-19; Australia Association for Research in Education (AARE) HPE SIG Online Conference 2020

Research Projects

Digital Solutions: Taking HealthLit4Kids from Tasmania to the World; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
English for the educational pathway; Department of Communities Tasmania (DoC TAS)
Investigating the influence of sport and the media on perceptions of acceptable masculinity in different education contexts; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
It takes a special type of teacher: An investigation into the attributes of staff working with disengaged students.; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Making Connections, Guiding migrants on the educational pathway; Department of Communities Tasmania (DoC TAS)
Mathematical foundations for migrant learning; Department of Communities Tasmania (DoC TAS)
Measuring the impact of Work-Integrated Learning in the Bachelor of Education Health and Physical Education programme; University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Research Candidate Supervision