I lecture & research in curriculum and pedagogy, physical education, sport coaching, sport development, & educational leadership at Flinders University since 2006.

My work is situated at the research-practice nexus on problems of practice and pedagogy. 

I work with community, state & national sport organisations on research initiatives, coach education & development, & resource initiatives. 

I work with state and national education bodies on research, professional development, policy, curriculum, and research initiatives.

I speak & consult nationally and internationally, and I have provided invited keynotes at major industry events in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Ireland, Thailand, Fiji, USA, India, Sweden, Kenya, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Greece, Indonesia and Dubai.

I have been awarded 27 external grants with 18 as lead chief investigator.

I am an Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) Life Member and Fellow.

• Sport Coaching and coach development
• Physical Education and Sport pedagogy/instructional strategies
• Physical Education and Sport Curriculum Models, particularly TGFU/Game Sense and Sport Education
• Quality Teaching and teaching for effective leaerning
• Curriculum Leadership
• Education leadership
• School leadership

I research largely in the pedagogical tradition concerned with practitioner conceptions of learning and this connection with pedagogical content knowledge, teaching for effective learning, and learning outcomes. I apply this in sport, physical education, and school leadership.

2023: Spectrum of Teaching Styles Institute annual award for best article publication for the paper Getting the Tip of the Pen on the Paper”: How the Spectrum of Teaching Styles Narrows the Gap Between the Hope and the Happening, with Suesee, B., Pill, S., Davies, M., & Williams, J.

2023: 2022 Metzler-Freedman Exemplary Paper Award from the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education for the paper “Getting the Tip of the Pen on the Paper”: How the Spectrum of Teaching Styles Narrows the Gap Between the Hope and the Happening, with Suesee, B., Pill, S., Davies, M., & Williams, J.

2022: Spectrum of Teaching Styles Institute annual award for best article publication for the paper Pill, S. et al. Physical education teachers’ use of digital game design principles. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 40(1), 1-9.

2015: Early Career Research Award for the outstanding paper by an Early Career Researcher at the 29th ACHPER International Conference (with Steven Stolz)

2013: Early Career Research Award for the outstanding paper by an Early Career Researcher at the 28th ACHPER International Conference 

Tennis Australia

Netball Australia

Oceania Hockey

Australian Football League

South Australian National Football League

South Australian Sports Institute

South Australian Department for Education

Association of Independent Schools NSW

Breakthrough and Little Heroes Foundations

South Australian Cricket Association

Adelaide Football Club

Adelaide United Football Club

Adelaide 36ers Shooting Hoops Foundation 

Volleyball Australia

• Mar 2021 Irena White - Vice Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

• Education leadership (3)
• Education change (2)
• Outdoor Education (1)
• Vocation, Education and Training (1)
• Physical education assessment (1)
• Science education (1)
• Pedagogy (1)
• Maths threshold concepts (1)