Health & Physical Education
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, we aim to foster a vibrant intellectual community focused on the advancement of health and physical education (HPE) pedagogy and practice.
Our research interests transcend disciplinary borders but are typically located within the fields of:
- Critical health and physical education
- Wellbeing in education
- Curriculum based learning and teaching in the context of Aotearoa, New Zealand
- Movement pedagogies
- HPE teacher identity and practice
- Student voice
- Social and emotional learning in HPE
- Gender studies in HPE
- HPE curriculum and policy development
- Body discourses
- Physical activity and pedagogy with older adults
- Serious leisure studies
Our activities and students
- Adrian Farnham (Lead) - HPE teacher identity in Australian and New Zealand Schools
- Kylie Thompson (Lead) - Place, potential and pedagogies of social and emotional learning in Physical Education Aotearoa, New Zealand
- Denise Atkins (Evaluation Lead) - Health Futures: Re-envisaging health professional education in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Kylie Thompson and Toni Ingram (Co-leads) - Girl's emotions in physical education
- Kath Godber (Lead) Denise Atkins, Jennifer Nikolai - Student voice in higher education sport studies
- Jennifer Nikolai (Lead) – Intergenerational Storytelling through games and play
- Denise Atkins (Collaborator) - Pou te Hau: High intensity interval training (HIIT) and mental health in adolescents
- Kylie Thompson (Collaborator) - Returning to learn: Managing concussions in NZ secondary schools
- HOLLINGSWORTH, Ray (PhD)
Topic: How do New Zealand outdoor programmes promote spirituality? A visual narrative inquiry.
Supervisors: Nesta Devine, Jennifer Nikolai - MINJARES, Vinent (PhD)
Topic: Negotiating shot selection in New Zealand Secondary School Boys Basketball
Supervisors: Jennifer Nikolai, Jane Gilbert, Alan Ovens - NEUFELD, Michael (PhD)
Topic: Child voices and health policy in New Zealand: a participatory video study
Supervisors: Cath Conn, Tineke Walters, Jennifer Nikolai - MATELAU, Tui (PhD)
Topic: Female Māori identity: a multimodal interaction analysis The Construction of Indigenous Identity Through Creativity: An Exploration of Māori and Pacific Identity Constructed Through Dance, Visual Arts
Supervisors: Sigrid Noris, Erica Hinckson, Jennifer Nikolai - SHARMA, Geeta (PhD)
Topic: A curriculum-integrated dance programme in the New Zealand primary school context: observation, evaluation, and recommendations
Supervisors: Scott Duncan, Jennifer Nikolai - NGUYEN, Nhu Thi Yen (PhD candidate)
Topic: Vietnamese public high school curriculum through place-responsive outdoor learning
Supervisors: Mike Brown, Denise Atkins - SRIHARAN, Sriranganathan (PhD candidate)
Topic: Adolescent physical activity and mental wellbeing in Sri Lanka and New Zealand: A comparative study
Supervisors: Kath Godber, Denise Atkins, Richard Wright - CLOUT, Steph Clout (PhD candidate)
Topic: The lived experiences of maturing New Zealand women who participate in adult recreational ballet classes.
Supervisors: Jennifer Nikolai, Sue McNaughton, Sally Rae - COHEN, Elias (PhD candidate)
Topic: Entangled Theatre and Digital ‘Storied Spaces’ for holistic well-being and well-living (buen vivir) in urban redevelopment environments: a posthuman and indigenous land-based approach.
Supervisors, Jennifer Nikolai, Scott Duncan - CHEN, Ting (PhD candidate)
Topic: How Pilates method can support dance technique training for young learners
Supervisor: Jennifer Nikolai - MARHAS, Pawan (MPhil candidate)
Topic: Pasifika Youth, Sport, and Covid-19 Pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand
Supervisors: Denise Atkins, Michael Naylor - ORLOWITZ, Caron (MPhil)
Topic: “If you can run a marathon…;” the pandemic inspired autoethnography of a problem-solving podiatrist
Supervisors; Richard Wright, Kath Godber - JOOSTE, Jason (Masters)
Topic: Underlying factors that influence competitive sport withdrawal among youth athletes: A qualitative study
Supervisors: Michael Naylor, Adrian Farnham - SADIMAN, Reon Edouard Laurence (Masters)
Topic: Children’s experience of youth sport: A case study.
Supervisors: Simon Walters, Adrian Farnham - FERNANDES, Daniel (Master of Public Health)
Topic: Adult facilitators creating a space for children to co-design a toothbrushing game to promote oral health
Supervisors: Jennifer Nikolai, Cath Conn - LOK, Sheryne (Masters)
Topic: Cultural Intelligence and Chinese participation in sport and recreation
Supervisors: Jennifer Nikolai, Gaye Bryham - GEE, Johnathan (Masters candidate)
Topic: Unlocking the motivational needs of youth male cyclists: A qualitative study
Supervisors: Craig Harrison, Kylie Thompson - SCOTT, Nicole (Masters candidate)
Topic: Current practice and future directions for menstrual health education in adolescent girls
Supervisors: Denise Atkins, Kylie Thompson, Jennifer Nikolai - TAIT, Kelvin (Masters candidate)
Topic: Narrative and Systematic Literature Review on the Effects of inclined treadmill walking on fall risk prevention and well-being in older adults.
Supervisors: Luigi Bercades, Jennifer Nikolai - O’NEIL, Rachel (PGDipSR Special Topic)
Topic: The impacts of sport and physical activity on adolescent mental wellbeing: A review of the literature
Supervisor: Kath Godber - AL-DARKAZLY, Naglaa (PGDipSS Special Topic)
Topic: The effects of trauma on wellbeing: response, recovery, and resolution strategies
Supervisor: Kath Godber