Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   Mrs Jacqui Peters

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Position Lecturer
Email jacqui.peters@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education
Phone +61 3 924 46420
Campus Burwood
Location N 2.26 Tel (03) 9244 6420
Role and profile Lecturer in Health and Physical Education
School of Education
Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin University
Teaching responsibilities Bachelor of Education (Primary)
Bachelor of Health and Physical Education (Secondary)
Research interests • Physical education pedagogy – primary and secondary
• Assessment in physical education
• Student engagement with physical education
• Teaching physical education for personal and social responsibility
• Pre-service teacher education
• Coaching children and working with parents
Current research projects Developing teacher identities in Physical Education Teacher Education
Service to the University,
discipline or community  
Expertise at primary and secondary school level in:
• Assessment
• Program planning
• Models for teaching physical education – practical and theoretical

• Coaching children and working with parents
• VELS and physical education
• Supporting primary generalist classroom teachers in teaching physical education
Awards ACHPER (Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation) Student Award of Distinction - Masters' thesis, 2010
Deakin University, Commendation for Excellence in Teaching 2010
Deakin University, Faculty of Arts & Education, Dean's Award for Excellence in Team Teaching 2010
Qualifications Bachelor of Education – Deakin University (Victoria College)
Graduate Diploma in Sport Management – Deakin University
Master of Education – The University of Melbourne
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education - Deakin University
Doctor of Philosophy - currently enrolled
Memberships ACHPER (Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation)
HPETA-V (Health and Physical Education Tertiary Association - Victoria)
Conferences ACHPER National Health and Physical Education Conference (July 2009)
Commonwealth International Sport Conference 2006
ACHPER Primary Health and Physical Education Conference 2005-2006, 2008
ACHPER Health and Physical Education Conference 2005-2010
ACHPER International HPE Conference - 2010-2011
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Publications

Quay, J. & Peters, J. (2012). Creative Physical Education: Integrating Curriculum via Innovative PE Projects. Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL.

Meldrum, K. & Peters, J. (2011). Learning to teach health and physical education : the student, the teacher and the curriculum. Pearson Australia: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W..

Peters, J. & Shuck, L (2009). Breaking down the barriers : insights into using a student centred games approach in Australian and Malaysian pre-service settings, ACHPER healthy lifestyles journal, vol. 56, no. 3-4, pp. 29-35.

Peters, J. & Shuck, L. (2009). Game-centred models and teaching in culturally diverse settings, in ACHPER 2009 : Proceedings of 26th ACHPER International Conference : creating active futures, Brisbane, Queensland, 7-10th July 2009, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld., pp. 415-424.

Quay, J. and Peters, J. (2009). Seeing the forest as well as the trees : connecting models of physical education, in People, participation and performance : physical education and sports coaching : proceedings of the 13th Commonwealth and International Sports Conference, ACU, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 44-51.

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22nd April 2013