Associate ProfessorTrent Brown

HDR Research supervision

I am keen and available to supervise research candidates (Honours, Masters of Education/Science/Health, PhD) in areas related to my research interests including:

* Physical education curriculum, pedagogy and assessment

* Student learning of physical activity

* Teacher knowledge of physical activity

* Professional learning

* Physical literacy

* Examination and/or senior secondary physical education

Please contact me via email if you are interested in undertaking postgraduate research 

I continue to supervise students and due to my research interests this often

occurs across Faculty/Schools. Below are some PhD and Masters projects I

supervise and have supervised:

* Motor Competence Assessment: Translation from Research to Practice

* The impact of resistance exercise on 'the self' in youth

* The impact of strength based curriculum in Victorian secondary schools

* Reflective practice in sports coaching: An autoethnographic exploration into one coach's lived experience

* Fostering Transformative Learning: Exploring Outdoor Leaders' Influence on Young Adults' Meaning Making Experiences in Adventure Education

* Perceived PE Ability and Perceived PE Worth - an Australian case study

* Like a Rainbow in the Dark: One female teacher's lived experience of becoming a specialist physical education teacher from a generalist background

* Perceived PE Ability and Perceived PE Worth - an Australian case study
* Like a Rainbow in the Dark: One female teacher's lived experience of becoming a specialist physical education teacher from a generalist background

Research interests and areas

I have two main research areas of focus:

1. Physical education - including student learning about physical activity, teacher knowledge of physical activity, physical literacy, physical education

curriculum, physical education pedagogy and physical education assessment. 

2. Teacher education & professional learning - including professional experience, innovative professional experience models of practice, assessment literacy (see recent paper), mentoring during initial teacher education, student experience and school-university partnerships/relationships.