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Dr Brendon P Hyndman

Selected Works

2017

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‘Heat-Smart’ Schools During Physical Education (Pe) Activities: Developing A Policy To Protect Students From Extreme Heat, Brendon P. Hyndman Oct 2017

‘Heat-Smart’ Schools During Physical Education (Pe) Activities: Developing A Policy To Protect Students From Extreme Heat, Brendon P. Hyndman

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National and state surveys of school sun protection policies and practices demonstrate that being a member of a SunSmart Program improves sun protection practices in primary schools, often lead by Health and Physical Education (HPE) teachers. Australia’s major Sunsmart program implemented in primary schools has largely focused on limiting children’s exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) to reduce the risk of developing skin cancer later in life. Yet another major hazard during outdoor physical education activities is the impact of extreme heat on school students. With physical education (PE) often occurring in hot environments and involving higher intensities (and heart rates), …

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The Technological Integration Of A Simulation Pedagogical Approach For Physical Education: The Gopro Pe Trial 1.0, Brendon P. Hyndman, Lisa Helen Papatraianou Oct 2017

The Technological Integration Of A Simulation Pedagogical Approach For Physical Education: The Gopro Pe Trial 1.0, Brendon P. Hyndman, Lisa Helen Papatraianou

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Teacher Education programs have a unique and important role to play in assisting pre-service teachers (PSTs) to deliver developmentally-appropriate physical education (PE) classes. Despite this important role, the ‘physical’ nature of PE classes and the growing externally focused environment of online tertiary education programs can make it challenging to provide access to real-life practical PE learning experiences for PSTs. One possible solution to this is facilitating simulated on-campus learning experiences to those online. A form of technology that has emerged within educational contexts that has the potential to simulate PE learning and address a number of key learning areas is …

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Exploring Early Childhood Playground Design As A Strategy For Obesity Prevention, Deepika Mathur, Supriya Mathew, Brendon P. Hyndman, Elizabeth Mcdonald, Anne Chang, Rolf Gerritsen May 2017

Exploring Early Childhood Playground Design As A Strategy For Obesity Prevention, Deepika Mathur, Supriya Mathew, Brendon P. Hyndman, Elizabeth Mcdonald, Anne Chang, Rolf Gerritsen

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Increasing physical activity is a crucial preventive strategy to develop young
children’s health habits across their lifespan. Participation in physical activity, particularly
among children, not only reduces obesity but also contributes to the prevention of chronic
diseases. One way of establishing early habits of physical activity is by increasing active play
in preschool children. Limited evidence exists at the preschool level on young children’s use
of pre-school playgrounds, and even less on seasonal variation of play. This pilot study
aimed to map activity levels of three to five-year olds in a pre-school playground in order to
identify physical activity levels …

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Novel Research Approaches To Gauge Teacher Familiarity With Game-Based Teaching In Physical Education: An Exploratory #Twitter Analysis, Shane Pill, Stephen Harvey, Brendon P. Hyndman May 2017

Novel Research Approaches To Gauge Teacher Familiarity With Game-Based Teaching In Physical Education: An Exploratory #Twitter Analysis, Shane Pill, Stephen Harvey, Brendon P. Hyndman

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This paper examines the use of the microblogging platform Twitter as a tool for research in physical education. The research examined teacher use of game-based approaches (GBAs). A rolling Twitter conversation hosted over the course of 12 hours provided the data for the study. Participants were from 18 countries and they contributed on average 11.80 Tweets per person, and the Twitter conversation had a reach of 110,000 people. Two types of data analysis occurred. The first involved quantitative analysis using Twitter metrics. The second involved qualitative analysis using Leximancer software. The analysis showed ‘teacher’ and ‘questions’ as prominent themes. Although …

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What’S In A Concept? A Leximancer Text Mining Analysis Of Physical Literacy Across The International Literature, Brendon Hyndman, Shane Pill Feb 2017

What’S In A Concept? A Leximancer Text Mining Analysis Of Physical Literacy Across The International Literature, Brendon Hyndman, Shane Pill

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Physical literacy is developing as a contested concept with definitional blurring across international contexts, confusing both practitioners and researchers. This paper serves the dual purpose of reporting on an interrogation of concepts associated with physical literacy in academic writing and exploring the use of a text mining data analysis tool. The Leximancer text mining software was applied to 49 research papers relating to physical literacy from 2001–2016, sourced from academic repositories and scholarly search engines. The findings from the text mining analysis revealed that the concept of physical literacy is used in a variety of contexts, specifically in connection with …

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A Simulation Pedagogical Approach To Engaging Generalist Pre-Service Teachers In Physical Education Online: The Gopro Trial 1.0, Brendon P. Hyndman Feb 2017

A Simulation Pedagogical Approach To Engaging Generalist Pre-Service Teachers In Physical Education Online: The Gopro Trial 1.0, Brendon P. Hyndman

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There has been a continuous increase in enrolments within teacher education programs in recent years delivered via online and external modes. Such levels of enrolment have raised discussion around the theory-practice nexus and whether pre-service teachers (PSTs) can optimally engage with practical learning components via online platforms. This paper provides insight into the potential and feasibility of using GoPro video technology as an innovation in online teacher education delivery of practical physical education (PE) classes. Upon completion of the university semester, qualitative data was collected detailing the generalist PSTs’ perceptions relating to the potential of using GoPro video footage to …

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Protocol For The Leap Questionnaire, Brendon P. Hyndman Dec 2016

Protocol For The Leap Questionnaire, Brendon P. Hyndman

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