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Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Education (Physical and Health Education), University of Wollongong
• Master of Education, University of Wollongong
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of New England

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3303
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  dean@acpe.edu.au

Background

Dr Dickson was appointed to the position of Dean of the Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) in March 2004.

Prior to his appointment at the ACPE, Dr Dickson held academic positions at the University of New England and teaching positions with the NSW Department of Education.

Dr Dickson has over 50 of publications, international and national conference presentations, and commissioned reports. Dr Dickson’s research has predominately been in the area of sport education, undertaking leadership in consultancy research with national sporting organisations such as the Australian Rugby Union, Cricket Australia, and the Australian Sports Commission. In addition, Dr Dickson has also been involved in research for the NSW Institute of Teachers and NSW Department of Education and Training.

Teaching Interest

• Research methods
• Coach education
• Physical education curriculum

Research Interest

• Officiating education
• Coaching pedagogy
• Occupational competence

Staff Profile

• PhD, University of New England, 2002
• MA (Hons), University of New England, 1982
• Graduate Diploma of Education, University of Sydney, 1975
• BA (Hons), University of Sydney, 1974

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739-3312
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  dbaxter@acpe.edu.au

Background

• Lecturer in English and Literacy Education, School of Education, University of New England Armidale, NSW - 1996-2006
• English Consultant, Department of Education, North West Region, New South Wales - 1994-1995
• Head Teacher English, Oxley High School, Tamworth, NSW - 1987-1993
• Teacher of English and History, Oxley High School, Tamworth, NSW - 1975-1987

Teaching Interest

• Academic Literacy with particular emphasis on the nature, structre and grammatical features of academic writing
• Assessment generally, including Assessment for  Learning and the SOLO Taxonomy
• Education, pedagogy, classroom practice.

Research Interest

• The SOLO Taxonomy and the stages of conceptual understanding in a range of disciplines, including Physical Education and English
• Assessment in school and tertiary settings
• Literacy pedagogy
• The teaching of Literature and assesment of literary understanding and interpretation
• Interpretive communities and discipline knowledge and practice

Staff Profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Education (Physical and Health Education), University of Wollongong, 1991
• Master of Education, University of Wollongong, 1995
• PhD, University of Wollongong, In Progress

Angelee has worked as a teacher in both the NSW public and private systems; she purchased her own fitness center in 1992, and was offered a position to manage the largest fitness club in Malaysia in 1994. Another offer of employment came from Club Performance Systems Asia to head their training division as Director of Training. During this time in 1995 and 1996, Angelee managed and owned Fitness Thailand ’95 and Fitness Thailand ’96 the only international Asian based fitness convention and trained over 100 staff for Club Performance Systems.

On returning to Australia in 1997, Angelee was employed by the University of Wollongong and has worked at tertiary level for the past 15 years. In 1997, Angelee wrote the FISAF Aerobics Instructor Handbook and she resumed the management and operations of WBC Health Club until 1998. Angelee was employed by ACPE in 2002 and has previously held the role of Head of Studies till the end of 2006. In 2007, Angelee was appointed Associate Dean (Students and Services) and is the Course Convenor for the Bachelor of Education and the Bachelor of Health and Movement (Sport) degrees. Angelee is also responsible for the Elite Athlete Program at ACPE in which she works with elite student athletes to balance their study and competition programs. She is completing a PhD in the area of youth and physical activity. Angelee has presented at national and international fitness convention including FILEX, the ASSO conference; CISC2006; and ‘be active’. She has also represented at regional, state and national level in the sports of netball, basketball and softball.

Teaching Interest

• Movement and movement history
• Educational Psychology
• Curriculum
• Research

Research Interest

• Children and Physical activity
• League for Life
• Women in sport

Staff Profile

• B Ed ( Physical and Health Education), University of Wollongong
• M Sc (Hons). (Biomedical Science), University of Wollongong
• M Ed (Physical and Health Education), University of Wollongong
• PhD, University of Newcastle, 2003

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3347
• Fax: 9764 4144
• Email: pmclaren@acpe.edu.au

Background

Peter has a broad academic background which encompasses the areas of secondary teaching (Science, Personal Development, Health & Physical Education), tertiary lecturing (University of Wollongong) and sports coaching from novice to the elite athlete.

Teaching Interest

• Curriculum planning for Teaching & Learning
• Exercise Physiology for Educators
• Health & Activity for Special Populations
• Lifelong physical Activity

Research Interest

• Effective teaching & coaching
• influence of physical activity on health across the ageing spectrum

Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education (BS), University of Texas at El Paso, 1975
• Master of Education in Health and Physical Education (M.Ed.), University of Texas at El Paso, 1977
• Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Phoenix, 1988
• Doctor of Philosophy (Health, PE and Recreation – Sports Administration), University of New Mexico, 1988

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3363
• Fax: 9764 4144
• Email: pfarmer@acpe.edu.au

Background

• Professorial appointments: Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana); Guilford College (Greensboro, North Carolina);  Elon University (Elon, North Carolina);  University of Western Sydney (Sydney, NSW);  Bond University (Gold Coast, Queensland); Heidelberg University (Tiffin, Ohio)
• Former coach at the AIS, and national coach of Mexico and Norway
• Australian Olympic athlete at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games 
• Gold medalist and bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games in 1978 and 1974 respectively 

Teaching Interest

• Sport Business
• Facility and Event Management 
• Leadership in Sport

Research Interest

• Leadership in Sport
• Sport Facility Management
• Event Management

Staff Profile

• PhD, Macquarie University, 2008
• BADip Ed Honours, Macquarie University, 2003
• Grad Dip Health Promotion, The University of Newcastle, 1998
• Dip Ap Science, University of Sydney, 1988

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739-3338
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  kardzejewska@acpe.edu.au

Background

Kathie has a long and successful career in health, education and health education. She has worked in community women’s health organisations both here and abroad and in primary public schools in Australia. Prior to working at ACPE she was a lecturer and tutor at Macquarie University’s School of Education. She taught in the areas of socio-cultural understandings of education, educational psychology and assessment. She has considerable experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of units of study for graduate and undergraduate students. She has also worked as the Editorial Assistant of the Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education.

Teaching Interest

Kathie is a lecturer in health and convenor of the honours program. She is interested in a range of social justice issues pertaining to health, teachers’ work and the issues of social and cultural change in the philosophy and practice of education today, particularly as it relates to PDHPE and Indigenous students.

Research Interest

• the construction of bodies and its implications for women]
• issues of social and cultural change in the philosophy and delivery of health
• social and cultural change in the philosophy and practice of education

Staff Profile

• Master of Economics, Macquarie University
• Bachelor of Arts, Sydney University
• Diploma of Education, Sydney University
• PhD Candidate, Macquarie University

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3306
• Fax: 9764 4144
• Email: rbrennan@acpe.edu.au

Background

Ross has taught at ACPE since 2005, where additionally he has worked as the Course Director of the Bachelor of Sport Business Degree.  Ross has over 15 year’s academic experience. He has taught both locally and internationally in a diverse range of economics, finance and management subjects at undergraduate and post graduate levels.

Ross has extensive experience, teaching subjects in the undergraduate programs at University of Western Sydney, University of Technology Sydney and Macquarie University, as well as the Catholic University and ACPE. He has taught in the Master of Professional Accounting degree at the University of Western Sydney as well as the MBA program at University of Technology Sydney. Additionally he was a visiting adjunct lecturer at Sydney Graduate School of Management teaching Managerial Economics.

Besides his academic experience Ross has some years of industry experience owning and operating a small manufacturing supply chain business.

Teaching Interest

• Economics
• Finance
• Governance and Administration

Research Interest

• Oligopolistic Competition
• Applied Games Theory
• Consumer Behaviour

Staff Profile

• Ph.D (Candidate) in Exercise Physiology, in progress  
• Bachelor of Human Movement Studies (Honours), University of Technology Sydney - First Class, 2004
• Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Management, University of Technology Sydney, 2003    

Contact Details

• Telephone: 8669 3905
• Fax: 9764 4144
• Email: lwallace@acpe.edu.au

Background

Lee Wallace joined the Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) in 2009 as a Sport Science Lecturer. Prior to his appointment at ACPE, he lectured at the University of Technology Sydney. He is currently in the process of completing his Ph.D studies in the area of modelling performance in endurance athletes. Lee has also completed a first class honours degree in fatigue and recovery and has numerous peer reviewed publications in this area to his name. Lee is also an accomplished triathlete competing at a professional level and has three Australian titles to his name.

Teaching Interest

• Exercise Physiology 
• Anatomy and Physiology 
• Skill Acquisition 
• Sports Nutrition 
• Exercise Prescription

Research Interest

• Systems models for training and performance  
• Fatigue and recovery 
• Quantifying and monitoring training loads 
• Periodisation

Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Human Movement Studies (Honours), University of Technology Sydney
• Doctor of Philosophy in Sport and Exercise Science, University of Technology Sydney
• Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) (ESSA)

Contact Details

• Telephone: 8669 3907
• Fax: 9764 4144
• Email: srees@acpe.edu.au

Background

Dr Sven Rees joined the Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) in January 2009 as a Sport Science Lecturer. Prior to his appointment at ACPE, he lectured at the University of Technology Sydney.

Sven completed his PhD. in Sports and Exercise Science (2008), investigating the effects of exercise intervention strategies on neuromuscular and functional performance in an older population. Sven has extensive experience in Sport and Exercise Science; having worked as a Strength and Condition Coach at the NSW Institute of Sport and as a Sport Scientist at the Sydney Academy of Sport.

Teaching Interest

• Strength and Conditioning
• Sports Medicine
• Exercise Physiology
• Clinical Exercise Physiology

Research Interest

• Musculotendinous Stiffness relationship to perforamnce and injury risk
• Exercsie prescription for an older population
• Sarcopenia
• Vibration exercise

Staff Profile

Qualifications

• B.A. Degree (4 yrs) University of Natal, South Africa.
• University Education Diploma, University of Natal, South Africa.
• Masters Degree in Education (Adult Learning and Community Education ), Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Doctor of Education,   Faculty of Education, University of Technology Sydney, 2005 –  Present

Contact Details
Telephone: 9739-3335
Fax: 9764 4144
Email: adreyer@acpe.edu.au

Dreyer has  extensive teaching experience   in  Secondary Schools and Higher Education Institutions. She began her teaching career in South Africa with the Natal Department of Education where she taught across a range of subjects in  the following secondary schools in Pietermaritzburg; Russell High School,  Pietermaritzburg Girls High and St. Johns School. In 1987 she began teaching as a lecturer in a tertiary institution, namely,  in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA),  now  part of the University of Johannesburg. There she was promoted to a senior lecturer position, and after that a  position of Associate-Director.  Anne-Mare emigrated to Australia in 2003 where  she took up a lecturing position  with the  Australian College of Physical Education, specializing in  areas of Teaching & Learning, as well as  Educational Psychology.  Her doctoral research focuses on the body and technology, in particular, lecturers’ experiences of computers in the fields of Physical Education and Dance.     

 Teaching Interest

• Learning and Teaching
• Educational Psychology – Adolescent Development, Intelligence & Cognition, Social Influences
• Adult learning and motivation

• Phenomenology, in particular experience related to the body.  
• Everyday practices linked to human computer relations
• E-learning 

Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance Performance, College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati USA, 1976
• Master of Arts, Dance Education, Teachers College, Columbia University USA, 1982

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3341
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  dgrant@acpe.edu.au

Background

• Professional dancer – Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Cincinnati Ballet Company 
• Tertiary dance lecturer – UWS, Sydney University, ACPE
• Dance Curriculum development - Board of Studies NSW

Teaching Interest

• Dance curriculum

Research Interest

• Dance curriculum development

Staff Profile

• Master of Psychology (Sport Psychology), University of Western Sydney, 2004-2005
• Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, 2003
• Graduate Diploma of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, 2002
• Bachelor of Education (Human Movement and Health Education), University of Sydney, 1998-2001

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739-3336
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  khaddad@acpe.edu.au

Background

Karen Haddad has been involved in representative sport for 24 years as a player and 12 years as a coach. She has represented NSW and through her experiences in basketball as an athlete and coach she developed the desire to work athletes to help them reach their potential. After completing her Bachelor of Education (Human Movement and Health Education) she went on to study psychology and mastered in sport psychology.

Initally, her passion in sport psychology and education qualified her to teach introductory sport psychology units within the tertiary education sector at the University of Technology Sydney, University of Newcastle, and the Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE). Karen found it difficult to juggle all three institutions and was fortunately given the opportunity to work full time at ACPE. Karen has delievered units in sport and performance psychology, educational psychology, curriculim, and movement at ACPE to date.

Karen not only lecturers in sport psychology but also maintains professional experience working as a contract provider at the New South Wales Institue of Sport. She further maintains her involvement in sport as a coach and athlete.

Additional to the Masters degree Karen went on to publish her thesis in the Sport Psychologist with the help of her supervisor Associate Professor Patsy Tremayne. The reference is below:

• Haddad, K., & Tremayne, P. (2008). The effects of centering on free-throw shooting performance of young athletes. The Sport Psychologist, 23, 118-136.

Teaching Interest

• Psychology
• Movement
• Education

Research Interest

• Psychological factors affecting children in sport
• Perfrmance and sport psychology
• Effective coaching

Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Physical Education, University of Western Australia
• Diploma of Education, University of Western Australia
• Masters of Education, Flinders University,

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3337
• Fax: 9764 4144
• Email: kgoode@acpe.edu.au

Background

• Teaching Physical Education and Health, Carine High School W.A. Department of Education, 1985 - 1988
• Teaching Physical Education, Health and Science at St Stephens High School Duncraig, W.A, 1988 -1996
• Pre-service Teacher Supervisor University of W.A, 1997
• Term as Physical Education teacher at St Kevin’s Primary Eastwood NSW, 2004\
• Lecturer in Education Degree at ACPE, 2004 – Present

Teaching Interest

• Education in the area of teaching and learning for pre-service teachers

Research Interest

• Educational psychology focussing on cognition and metacognition

Staff Profile

• MFA University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (1986) 
• BA (Performing Arts) SACAE (1984) 
• Qualified Iyengar Yoga Teacher
• Feldenkrais Teacher Training Course: completed 2003

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3353
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  jsimmonds@acpe.edu.au

Background

Jacqueline has over 20 years’ experience lecturing in tertiary institutions. During this time she’s contributed to the dance community in various ways. Some of her roles include member of exam committee, NSW Board of Studies (2006-2008); chair of the Tertiary Dance Council of Australia (1996-2000); member of the NSW Ministry for the Arts’ Advisory Council and chair of the Dance Committee (1994-1998); president of Ausdance NSW (1991-1994). She has also contributed to TAFE NSW’s development of Certificates II, III and IV in Dance.

Selected publications:

• Holdaway G, Kovich Z and Simmonds J. (2002) Somdance Manual. Sydney: University of Western Sydney
• Poynor H and Simmonds J (editors) (1997) Dancers and Communities, a collection of writings about dance as a community art. Sydney: Ausdance NSW

Teaching Interest

• Contemporary dance technique incorporating somatic concepts, dance improvisation and composition, dance pedagogy, yoga

Research Interest

• The integration of contemporary dance and somatic education

Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Arts, Monash University
• Diploma of Education, Monash University
• Advanced Personal Trainer
• Level 5  Track and Field Coach Accreditation – middle and long distance
• Master in Coach Education, Sydney University, In progress

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739-3346
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  dhuxley@acpe.edu.au

Background

20 years secondary teaching experience. Own business in Fitness – Dinamic Fitness NSW (3 years) Coaching/Management – ASMG (Australian Sports Management Group) 6 years. 20 years coaching experience. Employed Athletics Coach at Tasmanian Institute of Sport, New South Wales Institute of Sport and Australian Institute of sport .Coach and Manager for Australian Track and Field Teams (1998-2004):

• Eikiden Relays
• East Asian Games 
• World Cross Country Championships
• Commonwealth Games
• World Championships and Olympic Games

Teaching Interest

• Holistic Coach education
• Research methods
• Exercise science and application to sport and fitness

Research Interest

• Development and transition of junior athletes through to successful senior athletes
• Health and fitness of general and special populations
• Women in Sport

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Sport and physical fitness has been the major focus of my life and I have worked in and around the sporting world for close to 30 years.  Starting out as a secondary school Science teacher, my background as an elite athlete representing Australia in Cross Country, meant I was soon coaching in schools. At the time I didn’t realise that this was the beginning of a new and exciting career in coaching. Over the next few years I worked towards my Level V accreditation in middle and long distance and began to develop my own system of coaching & all round athlete development.

My success as an athletics coach saw me appointed in 1998 to the High Performance Program of Athletics Australia where I worked as a professional coach in the Tasmanian, NSW and Australian Institutes of Sport over the next six years. A very special and exciting period during this time was my role as Distance Coach for the 2000 T&F Paralympic team. Working with blind marathon runners and other athletes with a disability was incredibly rewarding and challenging – as a coach you give without expecting anything in return, but in this case I received so much more from my athletes in terms of both my professional and personal growth.

During my time as a Professional Coach and Manager of Australian teams I was privileged to work with some of the best coaches and athletes in world and also studied the coaching methods/systems of Morocco, Russia, USA, Spain, Kenya and England. My roles as Manager of the Australian Athletics Teams to the Commonwealth Games 2002, World Championships 2003 and Olympic Games in Athens 2004 were major highlights in my professional career and after the ‘high’ of the Athens Olympics I decided it was time for a new challenge.

This involved becoming a qualified Fitness Professional with my own very unique business, naturally called Dinamic fitness, a combination of fitness training and athlete development. Somewhere in the middle of this I spent a bit of time in Kenya coaching and managing a group of Kenyan athletes. This included 2000 Olympic Steeple Chase Gold Medallist Ruben Kosgei, who during this period won a bronze medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

This brings me to 2009 and my latest passion of passing on my knowledge and experience to the students of ACPE in both the coaching and fitness degrees. Perhaps this is the perfect job because by educating so many great coaches and fitness professionals at ACPE, sport and fitness in this country is looking pretty good!

In my spare time I make sure I keep up with all the recent trends in coaching and fitness by working towards my Masters in Coach Education at Sydney Uni, being a member of the Coaching Advisory Committee for Athletics Australia, coaching my own squad of athletes and training a few personal clients.

So what is my career highlight to date? As a coach and teacher, being part of sport and education at whatever level and knowing that I have been a significant influence and inspiration to many young people. But as a mother my career highlights are my two amazing kids!

Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Sports Science) (Hons 1) , University of Sydney, 2003 - 2006
• Doctor of Philosophy (Exercise and Sports Science), University of Sydney, 2007 - current

Contact Details

• Telephone: 8669 3906
• Fax: 9764 4144
• Email: sho@acpe.edu.au

Background

• Completed undergraduate degree at University of Sydney in Exercise and Sports Science and currently completing PhD on the ‘Biomechanics and Physiology of Dragon Boat Racing.’
• Conducted research at Nippon Sport Science University (Japan) with elite Japanese dragon boat paddlers in 2009
• Presented research findings at coaching workshops for local and international dragon boat coaches and paddlers and scientific conferences
• Contributor to ‘Dragon Boat World International’ magazine
• Extra-curricular sports activities include dragon boat racing, outrigger-canoeing, swimming and weight training

Teaching Interest

• Biomechanics of human movement

Research Interest

• Biomechanics of dragon boat paddling (three-dimensional paddle, seat and feet forces and movement involved during dragon boat paddling, paddle, paddler and boat characteristics of on-water paddling)
• Physiology of dragon boat racing (energy contributions to 200m and 500m racing, physical and physiological characteristics of elite dragon boat paddlers and prediction of 200m and 600m dragon boat performance)

Staff Profile

• Master in Physical and Health Education, University of Wollongong, 2010
• Post Graduate Certificate of Education, University of Brighton, 1993
• BA (Hons) Sport Studies, University of Northumbria, 1992

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3326
  Fax:   9764 4144
  Email:  cmarvell@acpe.edu.au

Background

Claire spent the first 14 years of her career as a high school teacher, initially teaching at an independent, co-educational boarding school in Cambridge, UK. Claire took on the role of  Head of Girls’ Physical Education and Assistant House Mistress for 3 years before she moved to Leicester Grammar School where she continued to teach physical education and coach hockey for another 3 years.  From here a move back into a Head of Girls’ Physical Education role in a neighbouring school in Leicestershire was a short term position for Claire as in 2001 she decided to move to Sydney where she assumed a role as PDHPE teacher and hockey and soccer co-ordinator at Pymble Ladies College. On coming to ACPE in 2006, Claire moved into her first tertairy education role.

Teaching Interest

• Health Education
• Comptemporary issues in Education

Research Interest

• Healthy, active lifestyles
• Obesity

Staff Profile

• Bachelor of Physical Education, ACPE
• Post Graduate Degreee in Education (Health), Sydney University 
• Level 3 Rugby Union Coaching Accreditation 
• Master of Education, M.Ed (Coaching), 2011

Contact Details

• Telephone: 9739 3349
• Fax:   9764 4144
• Email:  broyall@acpe.edu.au

Background

PDHPE teacher for 20 years including Head of PDHPE/Sport at Trinity Grammar School, Moriah College, Bristol Grammar (UK) and John 23rd College (WA). Ten years professional coaching including Head Coach of Waratah Rugby Academy in High Performance Division of NSW Rugby Union, NSW U/21s, 1st Grade coach of West Harbour, Parammatta, Illawarra and General Manager of Gordon RUFC.

Teaching Interest

• Research methods
• Coach education
• Sports coaching and administration

Research Interest

• The mindset of elite level athletes
• Coaching pedagogy
• Issues of social and cultural change in the philosophy of sports coaching and administration