Susan Whatman

Experience

• –present
  Senior Lecturer in HPE and Sports Pedagogy, Griffith University

Education

• 2004 
  Queensland University of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy

Publications

• 2020
  Indigenizing education: discussions and case studies from Australia and Canada, Springer
• 2019
  The recontextualisation of youth wellbeing in Australian schools, Health Education
• 2018
  Re-engaging 'youth at risk' of disengaging from schooling through rugby league club partnership: unpacking the pedagogic practices of the Titans Learning Centre, Sport, Education and Society
• 2018
  Postcolonial, decolonial research dilemmas: fieldwork in Australian Indigenous contexts, Qualitative Research
• 2017
  Indigenous knowledges as a way to disrupt norms in physical education teacher education, Asia Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education
• 2016
  Building social and emotional efficacy to (re)engage young adolescents: capitalising on the 'window of opportunity', International Journal of Inclusive Education
• 2015
  Constructing health and physical education curriculum for indigenous girls in a remote Australian community, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
• 2011
  The potential of critical race theory in decolonizing university curricula, Asia Pacific Journal of Education
• 2008
  Health education in the Torres Strait, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• 2007
  Introduction: Issues in (Re)Contesting Indigenous Knowledges and Indigenous Studies, Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
• 2001
  Teacher Preparation, Orientation and Expectations in a State School with Indigenous students: a Human Rights Issue?, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues

Grants and Contracts

• 2019
  The multi-cities ethnographies project: Teacher and student learning engagement and wellbeing in urban schools

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Griffith University

• 2018
  Shaping positive student engagement in middle primary years

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University

• 2016
  Rapport in Higher Education

  Role:

  Co-investigator

  Funding Source:

  Griffith University

• 2012
  Supporting Future Curriculum Leaders with Embedding Indigenous Perspectives on Teaching Practicum

  Role:

  Co-investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australian Learning and Teaching Council

Professional Memberships

• Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
• Australian Association for Research in Education
• British Educational Research Association
• American Educational Research Association
• Association Internationale des Écoles Supérieures d’Éducation Physique

Research Areas

• Primary Education (Excl. Maori) (130105)
• Secondary Education (130106)
• Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Education (130301)
• Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators (130313)
• Physical Education And Development Curriculum And Pedagogy (130210)
• Curriculum And Pedagogy Theory And Development (130202)