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Dr

Trent Brown

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education
  • +61 3 924 45105 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Dr Trent Brown has national and international standing as a researcher and teacher educator within health and physical education (H/PE) curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Trent works towards developing an evidence-base research agenda for H/PE that encompasses strengths-based approaches and utilises transformative pedagogies in movement, physical activity and sport settings. Trent's recent research work is focussed on understanding how teachers engage with curriculum, pedagogy and assessment within the focus areas of health benefits of physical activity and lifelong physical activity. In addition to this, he is interested in understanding how children and youth learn and develop their knowledge(s) of movement physical activity to use this in meaningful ways.

 

Dr Brown received his Bachelor of Applied Science (PE) degree from RMIT University in 1996. He subsequently worked as a specialist physical education and science teacher, before returning to RMIT to complete his PhD study examining PE teachers' knowledge of health benefits of physical activity and its impact on their practices during school physical education. He was awarded a national fellowship in 2014 of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) for his scholarly work and contributions to the profession on both a state and national level.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, School of Education

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Higher Degrees by Research Coordinator (School of Education)
    Deakin University, School of Education, Australia1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Royal Melb Inst. of Technology
  • Graduate Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
    Monash University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Curriculum and pedagogy
  • Education systems
  • Sports science and exercise
  • Specialist studies in education
  • Public health

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Education