Podcasts

Tune in as we dive into real stories, fresh ideas, and expert strategies for making health, wellbeing, and movement a natural part of everyday school life. Whether you're a teacher, leader, or changemaker — this is your place to get inspired.
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Enhancing students’ skill and motivation using an alternative teaching approach

Dr Joe Scott, a Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education in the School of Education and Tertiary Access at the University of the Sunshine Coast speaks with Associate Professor Brendan Moy from the Queensland University of Technology. As a...

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Talking Creative PE, with John Quay and Abbey Boyer

In this podcast, A/Prof Sue Whatman talks with Professor John Quay and Abbey Boyer from the University of Melbourne about a holistic pedagogical framework called Creative PE. This framework draws on aspects of various pedagogical models in PE, including foundational...

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Using a whole school approach to build effective relationships between students, teachers and wider community

Joel Richardson is Head of Health and Physical Education at St Edmunds College, Canberra, a Year 4-12 all-boys school. St Edmunds is a Catholic School in the Tradition of Edmund Rice, it educates young men spiritually, academically, socially, physically and...

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Fostering healthy food options in our Schools

Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education at University of Canberra John Williams speaks with senior dietician and Executive Officer Leanne Ellison from ACT Nutrition about healthier food options in our school canteens. How do we align food options with...

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Teachers as Health Workers

The discussion topic we have is on teachers as health workers. As teachers are increasingly engaging in work related to the health and wellbeing of children, it becomes critical in understanding how this work is undertaken in the work of...

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Supporting mental health & wellbeing with Outdoor Education: a toolkit from Outdoors Victoria

In this podcast, A/Prof Sue Whatman interviews Luke Parker from Outdoors Victoria about their toolkit for outdoor education. A new element of the toolkit assists teachers to make use of the outdoors to support better mental health and wellbeing. Outdoors...

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Becoming Autistic: How technology is altering the minds of the next generation

Natalie McMaster talks with Associate Professor Michael Nagel from the University of the Sunshine Coast. Michael has coauthored a book titled Becoming Autistic: How technology is altering the minds of the next generation. Today's discussion focusses on the consequences of...

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Using diet quality and dietary patterns to have positive discussions about nutrition and health

Dr Drew Miller is the Deputy Director of the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre at the University of Newcastle. Drew’s research interests involve the study of motor development through games based methodologies and pedagogical quality more broadly in education. Ms...

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