Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Karen is a Lecturer of Health and Physical Education in the Faculty of Education on Monash Peninsula campus. Her research interests lie in gender, sexuality, place, health, and teaching pedagogies. She gained her PhD from the University of Wollongong in 2006 via an exploration of the ways in which sexual identity and place may be considered mutually constitutive.
Karen is an experienced health and physical education teacher, lecturer and professional presenter having held teaching positions at the University of Sydney, Ottawa University and University of Western Sydney. She is keen to establish a strong professional profile in Victoria by exploring the ways in which pedagogical change associated with the Australian Curriculum is being taken on board and implemented at all levels of teaching. As a keen pedagogist, environmentalist and creative thinker Karen is eager to explore the ways in which health and movement education can be sustainable and socially just, as well as transportable into the Asia-Pacific region.
Research interests
Karen's research interests lie in:
- gender and sexualities studies
- place and sense of place
- qualitative research methods
- poetic forms of representation
- youth health
- HPE curriculum policy
- HPE teaching pedagogies
Karen is influenced by the work of Judith Butler and engages with queer theory and poststructural feminist theory on a daily basis. Karen is also a keen pedagogist with an interest in the ways in which we teach 'difficult' knowledge (sensitive issues) in schools, and also in how teachers turn curriculum policy into classroom practices.
Monash teaching commitment
EDF2071 Interdisciplinary approaches to health and physical education
EDF3073 Health, wellbeing and sustainability
EDF4804 Senior secondary health education
Community service
Karen is a keen and active volunteer for animals, vegetables and disadvantaged youth. She has had the following volunteering experiences during extended periods of travel in 2008 and 2010
- Botshobelo school and orphange (South Africa)
- Merazonia animal refuge (Equador)
- IntiWari Yasi animal refuge (Bolivia)
- Travellers not Tourists school (Peru)
- WWOOFER (Hawaii, Spain)
- Jhongli English Village (Taiwan)
- Elephant Nature Park (Thailand)
Consulting
Association of Independent Schools NSW (2014, 2018)
Hudson International (2014)
Teacher Training Australia (2013-2015)
Research area keywords
- gender
- sexuality/LGBTIQ
- queer theory
- poetic representation
- Curriculum and Pedagogy
- feminist poststructural theory
- Pedagogies in HPE
- gender/sexuality and sport
- Embodied pedagogies
- place
- qualitative research methods
- Health and Physical Education
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
Network
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Tackle Your Feelings Program Evaluation
O'Connor, J., Jeanes, R., Grove, C. & Lambert, K.
19/03/21 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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Mental Wellbeing in Sport Evaluation
O'Connor, J., Jeanes, R., Grove, C. & Lambert, K.
4/12/20 → 25/03/22
Project: Research
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Mental Wellbeing in Community Sports Club - Healthway
O'Connor, J., Jeanes, R., Lambert, K. & Grove, C.
30/06/20 → 30/08/20
Project: Research
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Rapid Review: Mental Wellbeing in Community Sports Clubs
O'Connor, J., Jeanes, R., Lambert, K. & Grove, C.
26/05/20 → 31/07/20
Project: Research
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The association between physical education and academic achievement in other curriculum learning areas: a review of literature
Lambert, K., Ford, A. & Jeanes, R., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Artefacts and influence in curriculum policy enactment: processes, products and policy work in curriculum reform
Lambert, K., Alfrey, L., O’Connor, J. & Penney, D., 1 May 2021, In: European Physical Education Review. 27, 2, p. 258-277 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Feminists against fad, fizz ed: a poetic commentary exploring the notion of Joe Wicks as physical education
Lambert, K., Luguetti, C. & Lynch, S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
The experiences of Australian transgender young people in school counseling: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Mackie, G., Patlamazoglou, L. & Lambert, K., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
The experiences of psychologists working with transgender young people in school counselling: an Australian sample
Mackie, G., Lambert, K. & Patlamazoglou, L., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Progressing the five propositions in HPE – changing practice
Karen Lambert (Contributor)
2018Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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The state pf play in PDHPE K-10
Karen Lambert (Keynote/plenary speaker)
11 May 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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How to find poems in prose
Karen Lambert (Contributor)
2018Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Valuing movement: a case study of the pedagogical potential of embodied learning in physical education
Karen Lambert (Contributor) & Justen O'Connor (Contributor)
2018Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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‘What does this look like in my classroom?': the role of artefacts in HPE curriculum policy reform
Karen Lambert (Contributor) & Justen O'Connor (Contributor)
2018Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
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Universities must do more to support LGBTIQ+ visibility and belonging
Karen Lambert, Lefteris Patlamazoglou & Asher Cameron
11/07/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Feeling the heat: For an under-fire CFA, the problem is patriarchy
9/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Pride Cup tackles homophobia in sport, but discriminatory language is still foul
Ruth Jeanes, Justen O'Connor & Karen Lambert
7/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature