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Wednesday 12th Nov
Registration and Coffee+
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Welcome to ACHPER 32nd International Conference+
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KEYNOTE 1 - Assembling Future HPE for People and Planet WellbeingFiona Chambers+
Human flourishing and planetary health are one destiny—not two. In the Anthropocene, to survive, we must radically reimagine our place within ecosystems, not above them. What if Future HPE became a revolutionary force for the wellbeing of multi-species and non-living entities, operating boldly within Earth's planetary boundaries (Whitmee et al, 2015)? What if we fused ancient intelligence with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to architect this transformation. What if we wielded design fiction (Bleecker, 2009) as our tool to prototype - and manifest - this audacious future? This isn't speculation. It's an invitation to co-create. Join me in rehearsing tomorrow's reality. Together, we'll stress-test a Future HPE that redefines wellbeing for our Pale Blue Dot and its inhabitants. Let's play.
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Fiona Chambers
Outdoor education camps: Building relational networks to promote human and social capital (30 mins)Katherine Main+
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Katherine Main
Outdoor Education at Christian Youth Venues: built to THRIVEAndrew Grant+
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Andrew Grant
Introducing PlayVolley: Volleyball Australia's new junior program (60 mins)Caitlin Honey+
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Caitlin Honey
Inclusion 101: Teaching HPE to sudents with an intellectual disability (60 mins) Robyn Percy Goulding+
- Explore a range of ideas to keep students engaged.
- Learn how to prepare for students with an ID.
- Discover strategies that can be immediately implemented within your practice.
- Walk away feeling more confident in your ability to support students with an ID.
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Robyn Percy Goulding
A pedagogical reconciling of game-based and contraints-led approaches (60 mins)Shane Pill+
In Australia, a common or ‘conventional’ and persisting coaching-teaching approach is recognised. It involves a reductionist and behaviourist understanding of skill development in that sport skills are broken into components that are assembled progressively, a type of progressive part-task training.
This approach might be referred to as 'drill to skill before play' or a 'technical to tactical' approach. A long standing alternative is a game-based approach (GBA), which gained prominence in Australia in the mid-1990's as the Game Sense approach. GBAs emphasise purposeful modification of game forms to condition the play while retaining representation of the core logic of the sport to teach technical and tactical elements of play as complimentary and often coupled.
A useful metaphor is a whole-part-whole approach. Since then, also as an alternative to the persisting behaviourist coaching-teaching approach, there is the constraints-led approach (CLA) as the management of game constraints to favour the emergence of some game features. Often seen as incompatible or competing, in this session participants will engage in practical activities that could be either and both a GBA and a CLA. Viewed through a pedagogical lens, a shared emphasis on 'realism' resulting in the intentional design of practice as a learning encounter will be illustrated. Come dressed to be active.
Pill, S. (2021). Reconciling approaches: Informing game sense pedagogy with a constraints-led perspective. In R. Light & C. Curry (Eds.), Game Sense for Teaching and Coaching: International Perspectives. Routledge.
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Shane Pill
Morning Tea - in the Exhibition Hall+
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Learning from Mountains & First Peoples on Country in Australia: Embracing International Mountain Day (30 mins)Barry Golding+
Honorary Professor Golding completed a 2024 book about six mountains in central Victoria as a 2023 State Library Victoria Fellow. Called ‘Six peaks speak: Unsettling legacies on southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country’, the book was researched ‘ground up’ from a multidisciplinary perspective with the support of DJAARA as the Recognised Aboriginal Party. Barry’s work draws attention to the ongoing impact of colonisation, highlighting that many mountains are not as they seem, and that we have a lot to learn about the importance of mountains to First Nations peoples as well as their ongoing and unsettling legacies in order to ensure our future survival. In the process, Barry was surprised to find that International Mountain Day, IMD, created by the United Nations two decades ago, celebrated each year on 11 December, had seldom been fully embraced in Australia. And there are striking coincidences between the origins of IMD in the US and unsettlement in central Victoria in 1838. Barry’s vision is for IMD to be adopted and celebrated in other parts of Australia in 2025 and beyond on Country in collaboration with other First Nations peoples as well as with outdoor educators. This plenary presentation is about Barry’s passion for mountains, what he has discovered along the way and a sharing of his ways of researching and working respectfully with Australian First Peoples on Country. Honorary Professor Golding is keen, in this international conference, for his vision for celebrating mountains and their many legacies to be better known and understood.
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Barry Golding
Teens lifting in the modern world – Evidenced-based resistance training in HPE (30 mins)Joe Scott, Dawn Penney+
The rapid advancement in technology and its association with sedentary behaviour and
physical inactivity have in resulted in significant health, economic, and social consequences
for young people. Australian guidelines recommend young people accumulate at least 60
minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) every day and participate in
muscle-strengthening activities (e.g., resistance training) on ≥3days/week. Alarmingly, only
2% of Australian adolescents meet both the MVPA and muscle strengthening guidelines.
This research project, funded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
partnership funding, reflected that Health and Physical Education (HPE) teachers are
uniquely placed to assist young people safely develop lifelong physical activity and
resistance training skills, and school-based physical activity interventions need to be ‘scaled-
up’ to improve population health. The investigator team worked with >60 NSW Department
of Education secondary schools and HPE teachers to assist in implementing the Resistance
Training for Teens (RT4T) program and assessed the effectiveness of three support models
(i.e., Low, Moderate and High). Preliminary findings indicate that both teachers and students
viewed the program favourably, with differing opinions on the amount of support required for
implementation. Findings from NSW schools provided a platform for investigating
prospective scalability of the program. Insights from interviews conducted with HPE
curriculum leads from across Australia are drawn upon in discussing the future prospects for
RT delivery in HPE nationally. Findings will inform strategies to address differing barriers and
enables for implementing RT in HPE to advance and innovate pedagogy in this area.
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Joe Scott
Dawn Penney
Holistic Thriving in HPE: A dynamic interplay of body, mind, and spiritDebra Ayling+
Thriving in Australian schools is framed within Health and Physical Education (HPE) across five wellbeing dimensions: physical, emotional, cultural, mental, and spiritual (Education Council, 2019). Yet, the Australian Curriculum: HPE mentions “spiritual” only once, compared with far greater references to the other dimensions.
This study investigated how spiritual health is integrated into Health Education (HE) in three Christian primary schools in Brisbane. Through surveys, interviews, and classroom observations, findings showed 97% of educators viewed spiritual health as vital, though 25% were uncertain of its curricular place and 18% considered it inapplicable. Many described it as foundational to other aspects of wellbeing.
These insights highlight the curriculum’s silences and argue for reframing HE to include spiritual identity and purpose alongside physical movement. In an era shaped by digital technologies, such integration supports a holistic, God-centred approach to education—enabling students to thrive through body, mind, and spirit.
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Debra Ayling
From Insight to impact: Making Data work in the HPE classroom (30 mins)Lissie Doyle+
Discover how to collect, interpret, and act on classroom data to drive student growth. Focusing on VCE Health, Human Development, and PE, this session introduces high-impact strategies like Do Nows and Checks for Understanding that you can use immediately.
Through real examples and case studies, you’ll explore a flexible marking code that improves outcomes, strengthens assessment consistency, and aligns tasks with learning goals. Learn how to build student reflection, improve parent communication, and deliver targeted teaching.
Grounded in explicit teaching and formative assessment, this session offers practical tools for busy classrooms and fresh insights for both teachers and school leaders.
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Lissie Doyle
Empowering Through Responsibility: A Systematic Review of the TPSR Model in Education (30 mins)Sonja Maric+
The Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) framework aims to foster leadership, responsibility and student empowerment through physical activity. This systematic review synthesises international research on the implementation and outcomes of the TPSR model within school-based physical education (PE) settings. Guided by PRISMA protocols, 16 peer reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2025 were identified between four databases; ERIC, PsycInfo, Web of Science and SportsDiscuss. Findings highlight consistent positive effects on students' personal and social development (Hellusion, 2011; Escarti et al., 2010). Implementation fidelity, teacher training and contextual adaptation emerged as key mediators of effectiveness (Pozo et al., 2016). While most studies reported improved behaviour and classroom climate, evidence of long term transfer remains limited (Walsh et al., 2020). Implications for future research include the need for longitudinal studies and teacher training. description
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Sonja Maric
Unlocking the Leadership Power of Storytelling (30 mins)Adrian Fisher+
As the demands of our industry grow, so too does the need for leadership that can inspire, unite, and navigate change. Storytelling is one of the most powerful yet underused tools for leaders, rarely taught or embedded in leadership development. Drawing on 25 years of experience in sport and recreation leadership, and insights from training across universities, not-for-profits, and local government, this session explores how stories—not spreadsheets or meetings—shape trust, belonging, and purpose-driven teams. Through examples and case studies, attendees will see how storytelling builds morale, humanises strategy, engages stakeholders, sustains organisational legacy, and strengthens leadership presence. Practical tools and a framework will guide participants to craft and embed compelling narratives, transforming them from task-driven coordinators to purpose-driven leaders. Storytelling is not optional—it’s a strategic imperative.
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Adrian Fisher
Arnold wanted X – Time to reflect on Australia’ relationship with in, through & about? (30 mins)Brendan SueSee+
For more than 20 years in Australia, physical education (PE) curriculum development has been influenced by Arnold’s (1979; 1988) conceptualisation of three dimensions of ‘about’, ‘through’, and ‘in’ movement. Collectively referred to as ‘the Arnoldian perspective’, it represents three types of knowledge to unify the mind–body dichotomy which PE has struggled with (Pill 2016; Thorburn 2008; Whitehead 1990). Given that Arnold’s influence is evident in numerous syllabus documents, it is reasonable to assume these principles will be evident throughout Australian syllabus. The purpose of this paper is to examine the claimed adherence to the Arnoldian perspective in syllabus documents. We suggest that a reinterpretation of Arnold’s intention has occurred and conclude by discussing the potential effects of this reoriented view of Arnold’s perspective on students, teachers, and PE in general. We aim to stimulate a discussion around the Australian PE communities relationship with a concept which is so influential.
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Brendan SueSee
Defining success: a coach’s perspective (60 mins)Shane Pill+
Background:
Success in sport is understood differently by coaches and leaders. While research explores what makes coaches successful, little is known about how they define success.
Methods:
A survey and follow-up interviews with Australian coaches explored their views on success and what shaped them.
Findings:
Coaches held multiple definitions of success. While winning was common, none saw it as the sole measure. This shift supports more holistic, modern coaching approaches and provides evidence to guide future policies and resources.
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Shane Pill
Get Hooked into Hockey! A Practical Hockey Workshop for Educators (90 mins)Amy Welsh, Rochelle Slade+
Ready to pick up sticks and give hockey a go in your school?
This engaging, practical workshop is perfect to build your confidence and competence to deliver hockey as part of your School's PE program.
No experience required, in this session you'll learn the fundamental skills of the game, participate in engaging skill-based activities, and explore small-sided games that you can take straight back to your school setting.
In addition to the on-field action, you will also discover a range of free programs and curriculum-aligned resources available through Hockey Australia to support your teaching.
Whether you're new to the sport or looking to refresh your teaching approach, this session will leave you equipped, inspired, and ready to get your students hooked into hockey.
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Amy Welsh
Rochelle Slade
Lunch - in the Exhibition Hall+
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2.03 - Respectful Relationships - Curriculum driving a whole-school approachMatthew Ryan+
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Matthew Ryan
4.04 - Moving and thriving in a (un)queer AI World: outcomes of our collaboration designing HPE resources for exploring queer games and sportslisahunter, Bex Zantuck, Kade Matthews+
This presentation reports on a recent pilot project drawing on I/i pedagogies (digital PE, digital PETE, gamification, inclusion and interruption) in a collaboration between educators, students and genAI. The project aimed to create resources for school use aligned to ACARA: HPE curriculum to understand the affordances of queer-led events and organisations for Rainbow Mob, LGBTQIA+ people and allies to participate in games and sports. Using Participatory Activist Research and a suite of gen AI apps to develop the resources, they were then critiqued for normative assumptions, opportunities to reveal participatory or specular pleasures, and precarity in inclusion. Using the findings, our future research will trial the resources for their role in storying diversity, equity and inclusion; enhancing movement participation and possibilities for joy/euphoria being who one is without social discrimination; interrupting architectures of gendered, sexed and sexualities classifications and ordering practices; and, the role of genAI in removing normative biases in curriculum and resource development.
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lisahunter
Bex Zantuck
Kade Matthews
4.06 - Working with students to promote engagement, voice and agency in Health and Physical Education (60 mins)Laura Alfrey, Naomi Harte+
What would happen if we invited students to help shape their Health and Physical Education (HPE) experiences? Research suggests that working with students to co-produce their HPE experiences can promote engagement and learning…but how do we do this? This interactive workshop will provide an opportunity for you to reflect and share on what you (could) do in the name of student voice and agency in your HPE lessons. There will also be an opportunity to engage with two case studies - one from England and one from Victoria - where HPE teachers worked with their students to co-produce new and improved approaches to teaching through fitness testing. You will draw on these case studies, as well as your own experiences and expertise to begin a Student Voice and Agency Action Plan.
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Laura Alfrey
Naomi Harte
3.06 - Raiise Respect: Empowering Young People to Champion Gender Equality and Prevent Gender Based Violence Through Education (60 mins)Ross Wait, Charlotte Davis+
Raiise Respect is an evidence-informed education program empowering young people to champion gender equality, challenge stereotypes, and build respectful relationships. Grounded in social justice and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5, Raiise aims to prevent violence against women and girls by addressing its root causes—gender inequality and disrespect.
Designed for Years 8–10, the interactive, curriculum-aligned eLearning program was co-created with education, sport, and family violence experts. Modules explore power dynamics, communication, and bystander action through stories, data, and reflection to foster critical thinking and behaviour change.
Born from Australia’s co-hosting of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Raiise leverages the unifying power of sport to promote gender equity and cultural change. Research shows sport helps develop transferable life skills such as leadership, communication, and emotional regulation—skills central to respectful relationships.
The program aligns with the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 (ACARA, 2022) and complements the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum, supporting safer, more inclusive school communities.
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Ross Wait
Ross is a social impact leader and educator passionate about using sport as a vehicle for learning and change. Ross has designed evidence based education programs that link to the curriculum and promote respect, inclusion, and wellbeing.
As the creator of Raiise, an education initiative promoting gender equality and respectful relationships, he empowers schools, sporting clubs, and organisations to challenge stereotypes and build safer communities. Drawing on experience with elite sporting organisations, communities and government, Ross continues to drive programs that inspire positive behaviour and lasting social impact.
Charlotte Davis
Charlotte has always had a passion for sport, as well as a strong social conscience and motivation to serve the community.
Charlotte has been a Paramedic for 15 years, and has circled back to her passion for sport, and community service to work as Community Program Coordinator of the Raiise Program. After seeing the impacts of violence and inequality in the community on the front line, it was time to change her lens and make a change through education and empowerment.
Charlotte has served on community boards, volunteers at her children’s sporting clubs.
3.02 - Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) to Physical Literacy (60 mins)Bernie Holland+
Are you wondering how to transition students from developing fundamental movement skills in the primary years to acquiring sports skills in upper primary and early secondary? Join Bernie Holland in this workshop to understand the basics about fundamental movement skills, join in practical and engaging FMS activities, and make the connections between FMS and various prominent sport skills required across a range of sports and recreation.
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Bernie Holland
Multicourt - Level 8 - Reducing student anxiety in practical PE lessons involving Fitness activities (W) (60 mins) Dave Robinson+
Ability in sport and physical activity is highly valued in many societies and strongly linked to important facets of identity such as social construction of gender and self-worth. The public nature of students’ efforts and performances in PE lessons (and their perceptions of this visibility) can increase their vulnerability, leading to fears of judgement, shame and humiliation and intensifying their state anxiety in the PE environment. This can lead to students withdrawing from active PE participation and disengaging from sport and physical activity generally as a way of protecting their emotional well-being. This workshop provides participants with practical strategies that the presenter has found effective in enhancing student participation in physical fitness activities while at the same time lessening their anxiety when performing them and boosting their confidence and sense of competence in the PE domain.
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Dave Robinson
Lecture Theatre 2.03 - PLENARY 1 - Exploring the transformational possibilities of planet-centric Health, Outdoor and Physical Education (HOPE) for learners and communities in Society 6.0. Dave Aldous+
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Dave Aldous
ACHPER Welcome Drinks - In the exhibition Hall+
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Thursday 13th Nov
Registration and Coffee+
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2.03 - Reframing Assessment in HPE: From Transactional Practice to Transformative Learning (Symposium) (120 mins)Michelle Bradford, Lee Wharton+
This symposium explores how summative assessment in Health and Physical Education (HPE) can move beyond tasks grounded in procedural compliance to become pedagogically powerful and student-centred. Drawing on recent qualitative research with early- to mid-career teachers, we will present a chain of four interconnected studies.
The first paper argues that many HPE teachers misrecognise the functional intent of assessment. Rather than informing teaching, assessment is often used for surveillance or behaviour management—and consequently is fraught with issues of transparency and consistency (Hay & Penney, 2013).
The second paper will propose a backward design model—Assessment, Learning, and Teaching Cycle (ALTC)—that addresses the issues raised in Paper 1 and repositions assessment as central to curriculum alignment and instructional planning (Wiliam, 2018).
The third paper follows a teacher who embedded proficiency scales into their practice to support differentiated instruction and formative feedback. This case illustrates how transparent learning progressions can enhance student agency and elevate the educative value of summative assessment.
The fourth paper presents a case study of a school in its third year of implementing the ALTC across its HPE faculty. Collaborative task design, structured moderation, and shared unpacking of the Australian Curriculum: HPE have strengthened curriculum fidelity, improved assessment consistency, and built teacher confidence (Wyatt-Smith, & Klenowski 2014). The case demonstrates tangible shifts in student achievement driven by shared understandings of success and increased alignment between teaching, learning, and assessment.
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Michelle Bradford
Lee Wharton
2.03 - Backward Design Model: Assessment, Learning and Teaching Cycle (ALTC)Michelle Bradford+
This second paper will propose a backward design model: the Assessment, Learning, and
Teaching Cycle (ALTC), that teachers can use to address the issues raised in Paper 1 and
repositions assessment as central to curriculum alignment and instructional planning.
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Michelle Bradford
2.03 - Accessibility of Assessment TasksMichelle Bradford, Cassie Lloyd+
This third paper responds to concerns regarding accessibility of assessment tasks,
follows a teacher who embedded proficiency scales into their practice to support
differentiated instruction and formative feedback. This case illustrates how transparent
learning progressions can enhance student agency and elevate the educative value of
summative assessment.
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Michelle Bradford
Cassie Lloyd
2.03 - A School Case Study Implementing the ALTC cycleMichelle Bradford, Maggie Pembroke+
The fourth paper presents a case study of a school in its third year of implementing the ALTC
across its HPE faculty. Collaborative task design, structured moderation, and shared
unpacking of the Australian Curriculum: HPE have strengthened curriculum fidelity,
improved assessment consistency, and built teacher confidence. The case demonstrates
tangible shifts in student achievement driven by shared understandings of success and
increased alignment between teaching, learning, and assessment.
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Michelle Bradford
Maggie Pembroke
EXCURSION - Road to Zero, Melbourne Museum (120 mins)+
World-first road safety education complex.
Discover the science behind crashes and take a trip into the future at Road to Zero, a world-first road safety education experience at Melbourne Museum.
Large-scale projections, interactive touch screens and virtual reality reveal the science of road safety and why human bodies aren’t built to survive major impacts.
While the Road to Zero education experience is aimed at secondary school students, entry is free and open to anyone to visit.
Explore the latest in vehicle technology and road design and how we can each contribute to making zero road deaths and serious injuries a reality.
3.06 - Advancing HPE pedagogy to empower young people to thrive in the modern worldJoe Scott+
Authors: Dr Joseph Scott, Dr Alexandra Metse, Dr Bronwen McNoe, Ms Sally Blane, Ms
Sharyn Chin Fat, Ms Justine Osbourne, Ms Nicky Muir, Ms Rebecca Frantz
Health-promoting schools (HPS) prioritise health promotion at all school levels through
policy, curriculum, environmental changes, and connections with health networks to assist
young people to thrive in the modern world. Health and Physical Education (HPE) teachers
play a central and highly influential role in modelling healthy behaviours and promoting
preventative routines in HPS. While physical activity, sleep, and sun safety (PASS) are
known modifiable health behaviours, limited research exists on how teacher education
programs in Australia and New Zealand prepare future educators to deliver PASS-related
content. With the aim of advancing HPE pedagogy in this area, this study explored the
perspectives of 98 teacher educators regarding their programs and graduates' readiness to
teach PASS.
Findings revealed a strong emphasis on physical activity, with significantly less
or no focus at all on sleep and sun safety. Alarmingly, many respondents were unsure or
disagreed that their graduates were confident in planning and teaching lessons on physical
activity (28%), sun safety (42%), or sleep (75%). A lack of awareness of relevant guidelines,
benefits, and risks was also noted. HPE teacher educators expressed more confidence in
their graduates’ knowledge and ability to teach physical activity (p<0.05), than sun safety or
sleep (p>0.05), and identified several barriers and enablers to improving PASS education,
including the need for increased support. Finding suggests a need to advance health
promotion pedagogy leading to more comprehensive and consistent teacher education to
equip graduates with the skills to promote healthy behaviours and contribute meaningfully to
whole-school health promotion strategies.
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Joe Scott
3.06 - Exploring the Value of Student Autonomy in Physical Education: Two Case Studies in the UK and AustraliaSimon Board+
Traditionally, the activities covered within the physical education (PE) curriculum are decided by the physical educator within their department and according to available facilities. An issue occurs with this kind of professional autonomy if the teacher prefers a particular type of physical activity themselves and also feels more confident in teaching it (see Banville et al., 2021; Morgan & Bourke, 2008). Notably, the predominance of competitive sport in PE has been associated with these types of teacher preferences (Banville et al.,2021; Jefferson-Buchanan, 2023; Leeder & Beaumont, 2021) even though many students find these activities neither relevant nor meaningful for their current and future physical activity choices (Macías et al., 2021). This article explores two high school case studies, in the UK where a Sport England personality survey was conducted and Australia, where growth was examined through the use of the Solo Taxonomy (Biggs & Collis, 1982) based intervention.
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Simon Board
3.06 - From Barriers to Belonging: Using Inclusive Sport to Create Lasting Change (60 mins)Robyn Smith OAM+
For many students with disability, school sport is blocked by invisible barriers. This session explores how Sport Inclusion Australia, as School Sport Australia’s national inclusion partner, works with teachers and school leaders to embed inclusive practices through programs like **Included Through School Sport**. With a person-first approach, it focuses on breaking down barriers for students most at risk of exclusion, including those with disability, First Nations students, and those in regional areas. Attendees will gain practical strategies, tools, and insights into eligibility processes to create inclusive, culturally responsive PE and sport environments where every student can belong, develop, and succeed.
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Robyn Smith OAM
3.02 - What schools want from Sporting SchoolsDavid Middlemast+
Join David as he discusses the Australian Sports Commission's flagship initiative "Sporting Schools" and how the program is helping more than 9000 schools get Aussie kids active.
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David Middlemast
Multicourt - the Spectrum of Teaching Styles and incorporating technology to teach Pickleball, POP Tennis and Tennis within a thematic approach. (60 mins)Brendan SueSee, Mitch Hewitt, Shane Pill+
Thematic teaching in PE involves organising curriculum around a central theme or topic that connects various PE concepts and activities. Emphasising transfer of learning across similar sports and movement contexts fosters a deep understanding of concepts common to sports. This presentation will use the Spectrum of Teaching Styles (SoTS) to deliberately teach Pickleball, POP Tennis & Tennis linking concepts common to net/wall games & incorporate ICT’s to enhance the learning experiences. The incorporation of technology beyond flashing lights and cool stuff will be done with two teaching styles from the SoTS - Reciprocal Style – C and Self-Check Style-D. Style C is just as effective as Practice Style in developing a motor skill (Babatunde, 2014), with half the number of practice trials, and more verbal feedback and error identification (Goldberger & SueSee, 2020). Students taught with Style – D demonstrated a positive attitude toward learning, effort ( Ames,1992 ; Corno & Rohrkemper, 1985)
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Brendan SueSee
Mitch Hewitt
Shane Pill
Multicourt - Making Netball engaging and inclusive for primary years (60 mins)Adriana Pinder+
This engaging practical session will explore a range of tips and tricks to improve engagement and inclusion within the primary setting, using Netball as the sporting example. Aspects of this session are taken from the new and improved Sporting Schools Netball Primary Program (Foundation to Year 6), launching through Sporting Schools in 2026. This program has undergone testing in schools, and input from a range of stakeholders to be more engaging and inclusive, and curriculum aligned. Gain insight into how Netball Australia has approached modifications to traditional netball to add to your toolkit when delivering Netball or other Territorial/Invasion Games.
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Adriana Pinder
Morning Tea - in the Exhibition Hall+
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2.03 - ACHPER Scholar Lecture - Realignment(s) as a futures focus in and for Health and Physical Education: Policy and pedagogy meets possibilities and probabilities.Dawn Penney+
This scholar lecture will reflect on and seek to extend futures focused perspectives in
Health and Physical Education (HPE) that are underpinned by concerns to advance
quality and equity. The concept of realignment is introduced as a means via which to
productively explore sustained dilemmas and tensions that are evidenced within and
across policy and pedagogy in HPE, and responses arising ‘in the field’. At the heart
of the lecture are the matters of what we recognise as possible futures and what
actions and investments will shape probable futures - for the field, for those
associated with it and for the young people whose lives it is directed towards.
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Dawn Penney
ACHPER Award Presentations - Lecture Theatre+
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Lunch - in the Exhibition Hall+
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4.04 - Thinking Outside the Box: Decision-Points and AI Prompt Strategies to Enhance Rubric Design for Use in Physical EducationDavid Gow+
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David Gow
2.03 - Using AI to enhance, not replace, learning in HPEEmma Jackson, Tayla Crowther+
In a rapidly evolving digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how we view and teach Health & Physical education. Yet, many educators remain hesitant, or are even restricted from, incorporating AI into their curriculum due to fears of dependence, misinformation, or the perceived loss of “learning”. This session challenges that narrative and instead presents AI as a transformative tool that can enhance—not replace—the learning that occurs in a Physical Education classroom.
This presentation will explore practical, curriculum-aligned ways AI can deepen student learning, engagement, and personalisation in HPE. Through a case study, participants will discover how AI can be used to develop a personalised training strategy, what the student experience of learning to prompt is like during this process and how the development of critical thinking can be incorporated to allow students to discern what is relevant and useful. This session will showcase accessible tools and classroom-tested strategies that bridge the gap between traditional physical education and 21st-century skills. It will also outline strategies for how academic integrity is maintained through this process.
We will discuss the ethical, pedagogical, and practical dimensions of using AI, including how to ensure its application supports inclusivity, correct acknowledgement of sources and critical thinking. Rather than barring AI, it’s time to teach students how to use it wisely, critically, and creatively, because their future health choices, careers, and wellbeing will depend on it.
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Emma Jackson
Tayla Crowther
4.06 - World of Wellbeing: Teacher focused strategies and initiatives to empower your workplace, classroom and teacher journey with ideas and skills. (60 mins)Megan Binnie+
The session will discuss and cover a wide range of wellbeing strategies to support your professional journey in education. Discussions will guide the topics covered in more depth and ideas for action planning.
Come to discover the world of wellbeing – for both Staff & Students. Empower your workplace, classroom and teacher journey with research, ideas and skills.
Topics:
• Staff Wellbeing Strategies, Initiatives, Resources & Supports.
• Self-Care, Communication, Psychological Safety/First Aid, Trauma Informed Practice.
(Rashid et al., 2025; Beltman, 2020; Baumeister et al., 2001; Fitzpatrick & Stalikas, 2008).
(Cipriano et al, 2023, Durlak et al., 2022, Farrington et al, 2012, Taylor et al.,2017).
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Megan Binnie
3.06 - Three message systems of Sporting Excellence ProgramsBrad Hall+
Skrubbeltrang et al. (2016) explained that many schools globally run programs for high-level student-athletes. O’Hara (2020) described Specialist Sport Programs (SSPs) as “secondary school sport program[s]” where "students specialise in one sport (in place of... elective subjects) while being fully integrated into regular academic classes” (p. 18). The purpose of this presentation is to conduct a scoping review of existing research on SSPs to identify gaps in this literature. This review will pay particular attention to previous findings related to the knowledges taught in SSPs, the pedagogies used in SSPs, and the forms of assessment that characterise SSPs. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) searching and screening process, 19 texts were analysed. Findings indicate that SSPs teach sport science topics, life skills and sport-specific skills and strategies. According to findings, this content is taught through student-centred games, drills and peer coaching via the local community members and the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility model. Results also state that students undergo entry assessments on their physical capabilities, academic results and/or an interview, and are summatively assessed on their critical thinking and abilities to reach developmental milestones. Previous literature has not focused on SSPs as educational programs, nor problematised their educational worth. Future research is therefore needed to, first, thoroughly understand and question what is going on in these programs and, second, experiment with alternative practices to optimise SSPs’ three message systems. This research agenda should inform SSP curriculum development and what is taught in tertiary education and professional development settings.
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Brad Hall
3.06 - A case study of a South Australian specialist sports school learning framework and wellbeing: A model for flourishing studentsChris Slee+
Specialist sports schools offer unique learning environments for secondary school students by combining their interest in sport with education. With one in every two Australian students feeling stuck, disengaged from their learning and struggling with their wellbeing (Gallup, 2020), it is essential for schools to consider how their learning frameworks can promote positive student outcomes. In fostering the wellbeing of students, schools can enhance a student’s connection to their school (Cunsolo, 2017), engagement with their learning (Seligman et al., 2009) and overall academic achievement (Pietarinen et al., 2014). Specialist sports schools may offer a unique model to promote student wellbeing by capitalising on the reported psychosocial benefits of sport participation (Vella, 2019). However, as Australia does not offer a standardised specialist sports school system (O'Neill et al., 2017), research examining Australian specialist sports schools and the mechanisms that promote student wellbeing is underexplored. This presentation reports on preliminary findings from interviews conducted with students enrolled in Year 11 and 12 of a South Australian senior secondary specialist sports school. Results are analysed according to the PERMAH (Kern, 2022) model of wellbeing to examine how students consider their specialist sports school learning environment to support their wellbeing. Findings can be used by educators and wellbeing professionals working within schools to consider how specialist sports schools’ curriculums can be planned to promote student flourishing.
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Chris Slee
3.02 - Calm and chaos in fitness testing studentsGraham Dudley+
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Graham Dudley
Multicourt - Introducing Squash Stars - games you can play in any space! (60 mins)Mia Ararat, Rick Baldock+
Looking for an innovative and developmentally appropriate program that introduces primary school-aged children to the fundamental and physical elements of squash? Look no further than Squash Stars! This engaging game-based Squash Australia program, adapted for the school setting, is designed to be fun and inclusive for children in years 3-6. Developed in collaboration with ACHPER (SA) to develop physical literacy, fundamental movement and squash-related skills, Squash Stars is delivered in line with core curriculum outcomes and requirements.
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Mia Ararat
Rick Baldock
2.03 - PLENARY 2 - (Re)Humanising digital technology use in Physical Education (Online)Ove Østerlie+
Digital technology and AI are not designed to replace the human, but to enhance human-ness. In PE, where relational pedagogies and embodied learning are central, technology should be thoughtfully entangled with human interaction to support inclusion, participation, and meaningful movement experiences. Rather than diminishing teacher–student relationships, digital tools can extend their possibilities: making PE more accessible, equitable, and connected in a rapidly digitalising world.
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Ove Østerlie
Conference Dinner -At the iconic "Duke of Wellington" - to join us BOOK YOUR TICKET via the register now button.+
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Friday 14th Nov
Registration and Coffee+
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507 - KEYNOTE 3 - Imagining a Restorative Future for Physical EducationMichael Hemphill+
This presentation draws on a history of scholarship in teaching responsibility and restorative justice to imagine a restorative future for physical education. A restorative future is one that expands opportunities for physical education to embrace the needs and interests of students, communities, and cultures. The presentation will focus on three aspects including relationships, responsibility, and transfer. First, establishing meaningful relationships with diverse students and communities is a foundational aspect of restorative physical education. These relationships must be nurtured, and appropriate responses are required to address relational harm. Second, professionals and scholars must broaden our focus on individual responsibility to include a focus on advocacy and collective action. Third, a renewed focus on the transfer of learning is essential to a restorative future. While acknowledging global challenges for physical education, this presentation will invite us to imagine a restorative physical education as a brighter future for our field.
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Michael Hemphill
5.07 - TPSR Panel Discussion (60 mins)Michael Hemphill, Mia Ararat, Rick Baldock, Dylan Scanlon, Carla Luguetti, Kylie Newbold+
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Michael Hemphill
Mia Ararat
Rick Baldock
Dylan Scanlon
Carla Luguetti
Kylie Newbold
4.06 - The experiences of students with innate variations of sex characteristics in HPE: What is known and what to do about it to work towards positive not negative outcomes?lisahunter, Christine Isabel Monjal+
Christine Monjal, lisahunter, Annette Brõmdall, Agli Zavros-Orr, Kirstine Hand
It has been well established that HPE makes ‘friends and enemies’ of students (Tinning, 2000). Current literature highlights the need for health and physical education (HPE) in school settings to be safe, inclusive, and affirming learning environments for learners with innate variations of sex characteristics (IVSC) to ensure optimal educational outcomes. However, research that synthesises the existing literature is lacking. Our presentation is from our project that starts with a scoping review to bring together existing empirical literature. It calls attention to the need for IVSC-inclusive interventions, support mechanisms, and protective factors in HPE. This is to support and promote optimal educational outcomes and relatedly for health and wellbeing for students with IVSC. The findings highlight the detrimental and harmful effects that ‘invisibility’ and ‘endosexism’ has on people with IVSC in HPE settings across the world, and on their educational outcomes. In the limited research, people with IVSC, parents of students with IVSC, human rights and IVSC advocates, and scholars stress the need for HPE settings to promote inclusive, affirming, humane, safe, and educationally relevant learning environments for people with IVSC, reflective of human rights and anti-discrimination legislation. In presenting the data we aim to enhance understanding about IVSC and open discussion about implications and opportunities for HPE educators and researchers to reimagine and redesign teaching and sport practices in inclusive ways. Ultimately this is for us to be the educator and friend rather than the excluders and the enemy to people with IVSC.
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lisahunter
Christine Isabel Monjal
3.06 - Prescribing Teacher Agency in Senior Outdoor Education Curriculum (60 mins)Josh Ambrosy, Chris Clark, Maddie Brew+
The eminent school reform theorist Michal Fullan (2018) notes that “If you want to kill a good idea mandate it” (p. 9). However, this is the challenge that curriculum authorities around the country face when they develop and review curricula. A significant challenge for senior secondary teachers around the country is how to teach the prescribed content within courses involving high-stakes assessment regimes. Such assessment regimes can cause an observable practice of ‘teaching to the test’. As part of the latest VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies curriculum review, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority implemented a unique approach to this problem. Through the prescription of three new Areas of Study in the VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies, which are completed via larger student projects transcending multiple outcomes, Victorian teachers are enabled to have agency over the design of parts of their curriculum whilst working in a prescribed curriculum framework.
This symposium will unpack the literature behind this reform and present the mechanism for prescribing teacher agency in the VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Course. Following this, a panel of teachers will present how they have used this new mechanism within the course to help tie together the practical and theoretical requirements of study design. Finally, a discussion will be held with the audience to explore how agency might be prescribed in other HPE learning areas currently.
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Josh Ambrosy
Chris Clark
Maddie Brew
4.06 - Asking Young Australians What They Want and Need in Sex EducationAnja van Aswegan+
Most Australian students receive sex education during school, but literature
suggests that they feel their school-based sex education is neither relevant nor meeting their needs. With the National Curriculum covering P-10, states and territories are responsible for curriculum in senior secondary year levels, including sex education. However, these state interpretations vary widely and lack consistency in content and delivery. This research explores the nature, extent and quality of Years 11 and 12 school-based sex education from the perspective of recent graduates. It identifies who, what, and how graduates recall being taught, what they report was missing, and what they think should be included in Years 11 and 12 sex education. 60.84% of participants indicated not receiving any sex education in Years 11 and 12 and 79.72% view their sex education as lacking in quality. Inconsistencies in delivery and content amongst and between demographics such as gender, schooling sector, and region, demonstrate the need for a nationwide, mandatory, and comprehensive sex education curriculum for the senior years.
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Anja van Aswegan
3.02 - Connecting with Australia’s Sport Participation Strategy, Play Well (60 mins)Matt Calf, Alexandra Guest, Mark Toner-Joyce, Chris Alexander, Phil Reeves+
Program item Australia’s Sport Participation Strategy, Play Well, launched in November 2023. The
Play Well Strategy, co-designed with the sector, is part way through delivery of
Horizon One (Alignment), with a suite of activities focused on creating welcoming
and inclusive environments that ensure everyone has a place in sport. Join the crew
as they share more about the Play Well Strategy and dive deeper into two Play Well
activities, the Physical Literacy Coalition Action Plan (launched in July 2025) and the
Play Well Affiliate Program, focused on alignment, connection and collaboration
across the sport ecosystem.description
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Matt Calf
Alexandra Guest
Mark Toner-Joyce
Chris Alexander
Phil Reeves
Multicourt - Self-Checking Coaching Styles- Aligning desired outcomes and coaching style (60 mins)Brendan SueSee, Shane Pill+
Coaching by Individual Programming (Self-Check) Style – D is a coaching style from the Spectrum of Sports Coaching (Pill et al., 2022) and usually involves the student using a coach prepared task sheet with criteria. The student then performs a task and uses the criteria to reflect on their movement and make decisions around how well they met the criteria (Mosston & Ashworth, 2008). In this innovative presentation we will outline how it can be used by coaches to self-reflect on their practice with the aim of more accurately aligning their intentions with their behaviour. Research suggests Style
D is appropriate to achieve self-regulatory skills and to establish a mastery-oriented climate. Mastery climates encourage a positive attitude toward learning, effort (Ames, 1992 ; Corno & Rohrkemper, 1985 ; Nicholls, 1989 ), and exercise and sports ( Christodoulidis, Papaioannou & Digelidis, 2001 ).
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Brendan SueSee
Shane Pill
Morning Tea - in the Exhibition Hall+
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5.07 - Empowering Teachers and Students Through Indigenous Games: Evaluation of the EMU Teacher Professional Learning ProgramNarelle Eather+
Education Movement and Understanding (EMU) is a 16-lesson PE program integrating Indigenous Games, literacy, and numeracy. This study evaluated a one-day EMU Teacher Professional Learning program designed to support teachers in delivering EMU in schools. Ten primary schools (N = 419 students, mean age = 10.7) in the Hunter Region were randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. Teachers completed surveys and follow-up interviews to assess the program’s impact. Teachers reported increased cultural understanding, pedagogical confidence, and capacity to deliver cross-disciplinary, high-quality PE, while students showed greater engagement, wellbeing, cultural connection, and improved academic and physical outcomes. The EMU program was well received and shows strong potential to scale culturally responsive, holistic education across Australian schools.
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Narelle Eather
5.07 - Valuing and appreciating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures in HPE: A panel discussion (60 mins)Matthew Ryan, Sue Whatman, Max Lenoy+
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Matthew Ryan
Sue Whatman
Max Lenoy
4.06 - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Chinese PETETian Bao+
The use of Game-Based-Approaches (GBA) such as Game Sense or TGfU in Schools and PETE has been widely acknowledged. However, empirical insights on pre-service PETs experiences in PETE coursework using GBA, specifically in Net/Wall Games is still scarce.
In the presented study a blocked semester course (12h in total) on net and wall games was held at an Austrian university using a GBA. The two overarching goals were, firstly to increase the students understanding of net/wall games in general (tactical problems and technical solutions) and in detail in two specific sports. Secondly, to increase the students understanding of GBA as a pedagogical approach.
At the end of the class two focus group interviews were conducted with a sample of 11 pre-service PETs. In addition, the Teacher Researcher wrote a research diary during the implementation phase. The focus groups were analyzed using Thematic Analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2022).
The analysis of the data focused on the students experiences of the course in general and how they perceived the core pedagogical principles of GBAs such as the use of questioning. Thereby, giving relevant insights in learners experience especially in relation to learning design of GBAs.
The results are discussed in the context of existing research on GBAs in PETE and in terms of how research can help practitioners in the implementation of GBAs, focusing on the role of the teacher/coach. Thereby contributing to advancing the pedagogical approach and evaluating learning.
Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2022). Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. Sage.
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Tian Bao
4.06 - The Spectrum as a model – the new kid on the block in Models Based Practice MBP and a philosophy helping MBP fly further.Brendan SueSee, Shane Pill+
This presentation provides a rationale for The Spectrum of Teaching Styles (SoTS- Mosston & Ashworth, 2008) as a pedagogical model in teaching physical education (PE). Building on prior discussions/debates (SueSee et al., 2021), we contest the view that the concept of teaching styles is different from that of a pedagogical model (Pill et al., 2023). In doing so, we highlight the most central aspects of the SoTS and explain fundamental characteristics that warrant its representation with existing pedagogical models. We go further to outline the philosophy of the Spectrum as non-linear and how it details the ‘how’, ‘when’ and ‘why’ of pedagogical decisions, in understanding how they may meet educational outcomes for increased curriculum alignment, or successful enactment of models-based practices. The contention we present is the SoTS is valuable to PE teachers in understanding the context-specific realities of teaching episodes and therefore improving teaching and learning practices in PE by helping teachers align their pedagogy with their desired learning outcomes or a narrowing between the 'hope and the happening' (Casey et al., 2020).
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Brendan SueSee
Shane Pill
3.06 - Enhancing Physical Activity and Learning for Children of All Ages and All Abilities (60 mins)Jess Orr, Natalie Lander, Jo Salmon, Gunchmaa Nyam, Emiliano Mazzoli+
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Jess Orr
Natalie Lander
Jo Salmon
Gunchmaa Nyam
Emiliano Mazzoli
3.06 - Adapting the Resistance Training for Teens program for Muslim girls: a co-design approachNiamh O'Loughlin+
Resistance Training for Teens (RT4T) improves fitness and exercise confidence among adolescents. With Australia’s Muslim population growing, this study aimed to adapt RT4T for Muslim girls in Islamic schools. Sixteen girls, seven HPE teachers, and five Muslim community leaders contributed to the program’s adaptation through co-design workshops, focus groups, and interviews. While Islamic teachings support physical activity, cultural barriers such as gender norms exist. Participants emphasised the need for modest, female-only imagery, culturally relevant content, autonomy-supportive teaching, and program names highlighting strength. Iterative adaptation was essential to ensure RT4T is culturally
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Niamh O'Loughlin
3.02 - Developing a thematic game sense PE curriculum (60 mins)Ray Breed+
We will investigate a games-based approach for teaching games in PE, with an overview of the game sense model, particularly from a skill acquisition lens. How/where does it fit within the primary and secondary PE curriculum? We will explore ideas for developing a PE curriculum using contemporary approaches in teaching. Traditional curriculum models will be presented with examples, and then we’ll look at opportunities for change and how to develop a more thematic approach for teaching games. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions, discussion and reflection of your current practices. You will develop your understanding of: (1) a game sense approach to teaching games, (2) how game sense fits into a PE curriculum, and (3) developing thematic units of work for teaching games.
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Ray Breed
Multitcourt - Games within Games: a practical approach to build self-esteem and promote social-emotional skills in PE (60 mins)Dave Robinson+
This active workshop will have attendees playing and devising “Games within Games”, which PE practitioners may use with classes to explicitly promote social-emotional learning outcomes as well as help students alter their perceptions of success and how they view themselves and their abilities when engaging in games and sports. A HPE teacher in regional Queensland state schools for thirty years and experienced coach educator, the presenter has found conducting these types of activities to have a range of positive outcomes with students and players of various ages and abilities in real-world contexts. The activities and ideas presented are meant to stimulate creative thinking in teachers and coaches, enhance players’ tactical and technical understandings, develop their social-emotional skills and build an appreciation of essential, though often unrecognised, contributions on the field/court in a fun and engaging manner.
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Dave Robinson
5.07 - "An Informal Sport Education: Changes in Sport Participation and Implications for PE "Justen O'Connor+
People are continuing to change the way they engage with sport. Informal, flexible, and self-organised forms of sport are now a dominant feature of lifelong participation. This session introduces an Informal Sport Education as an evolution of Siedentop’s Sport Education model for a contemporary physical education. Key to this approach is the negotiation of game features, competition levels, and team structures (game design). Find out how to keep sport relevant, engaging, and connected to the diverse ways people are actually playing sport today.
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Justen O'Connor
5.07 - Pre-Service PETs experiences in PETE Net/Wall Games using a Game-Based-ApproachMaximilian Poncet-Rief+
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Maximilian Poncet-Rief
3.02 - World of Wellbeing: Student focused strategies and initiatives to empower your classroom with ideas and skills. (60 mins)Megan Binnie, Hugh Shannon+
This session is design to be a practical session to discuss, plan and gain insights into actioning wellbeing initiatives. The focus of planned activities can be at classroom, year level or whole school year levels. The session will include opportunities to consider relationships between these levels. Discussions and action planning will be guided during the session.
The session will connect potential curriculum alignment including Australian Curriculum HPE/PSC Version 9 - Years 7-10 HPE, QCAA Health General Senior Syllabus (Unit 1 PERMA+) and pastoral care, student wellbeing or personal development programs.
(Cipriano et al, 2023, Durlak et al., 2022, Farrington et al, 2012, Taylor et al.,2017).
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Megan Binnie
Hugh Shannon
4.06 - Democratic Professional Learning Communities: Centring Teacher Voice and Collective GrowthLuiza Lana Gonçalves+
This workshop explores how democratic Professional Learning Communities
(PLCs) can serve as powerful vehicles for advancing social justice, equity, and
inclusion in education. Too often, professional development is top-down, generic, and
disconnected from teachers’ real-world challenges, particularly for those working in
diverse or marginalised contexts. This session advocates for a shift toward teacher-
driven, context-responsive PLCs that prioritise educator voice, agency, and professional
autonomy. Drawing on international experience facilitating inclusive PLCs, the
workshop will engage participants in critical reflection, collaborative dialogue, and
practical planning to build equitable and sustainable professional learning cultures.
Attendees will explore how to centre teacher needs, recognise diverse perspectives, and
negotiate barriers that hinder meaningful collaboration. Designed especially for Health
and Physical Education teachers, department heads, and school leaders, this session
invites participants to lead PLCs that not only support teacher growth but also
contribute to more just and inclusive educational environments.
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Luiza Lana Gonçalves
3.06 - How meaningful is ‘meeting the standards’? Health and Physical Education in Initial Teacher Education for Generalist Primary Teachers in Australia.Dawn Penney+
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Dawn Penney
Lawn - Indigenous knowledges in HPE: How and when to use Yulunga games (60 mins)Sue Whatman+
Valuing and appreciating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures is a cross curriculum priority that teachers often struggle to articulate in health and physical education. This session will be an active workshop, playing a selection of games from the ASC Yulunga resource, stimulating conversations about how, why and when to use these games to embed Indigenous knowledges in HPE.
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Sue Whatman
Multicourt - Introducing Handball Australia's Sporting Schools Program (60 mins)Lee Wilson+
Lee Wilson, CEO of Handball Australia will introduce the new Handball program for delivery through Sporting Schools. This practical and highly engaging session will take you through the unit overview, deliver a sample lesson, show the progression over weeks and share sample assessment opportunities aligned to the Australian Curriculum.
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Lee Wilson
Lunch - in the Exhibition Hall+
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5.07 - PLENARY 3 - Creating Space for a 'Busier, Happier and Better' Physical EducationDillon Landi+
Imagine stepping into a class where students are moving, smiling and seemingly ‘good.’ Put simply, they are ‘busy, happy and good.’ But what happens when smiles hide discomfort, when ‘good’ masks exclusion and when ‘busy’ doesn’t guarantee belonging? For many students, PE feels less like an opportunity for movement and more like something to endure. Drawing on students’ experiences and advancements in teaching, this presentation re-imagines quality PE. One where success is not about keeping students busy but considers what they are 'busy' doing. Where ‘happy’ reflects students’ confidence in who they are and how they move. Where ‘good’ is not compliance but bringing about ‘better’ and inclusive movement cultures. This presentation invites teachers to rethink what makes a ‘successful’ PE class. Because the true test of PE is not students being busy, happy and good, but leaving with the sense that the world holds space for them to move.
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Dillon Landi
Prize Draws and Conference Closing+
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