Christina Curry

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Christina Curry is a Lecturer in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) in both the Primary and Secondary programs in the school of Education. She is currently completing her PhD at Leeds Metropolitan University (United Kingdom), exploring innovative change in PE, inquiring into the nature of change and the challenges involved with it. Christina was previously a lecturer at the University of Sydney in the Human Movement course. She was Head of a PDHPE department in a NSW Secondary School and has taught in both Primary and Secondary Schools in Australia for 14 years.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU)
PDHPE in Primary Schools

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Selected Publications

Light R, Curry C, 2009, Children's reasons for joining sport clubs and staying in them: A case study of a Sydney soccer club, Healthy Lifestyles Journal, vol 56, no. 1, pp 23-27, [ORS ID: 209535]

Curry, C. & Light, R. (2007 Addressing the NSW Quality Teaching Framework in physical education: Is Game Sense the answer? Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Conference on Teaching Sport and Physical Education for Understanding.

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