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Personal profile
Biography
Laura is a Courses Leader (Health and Physical Education) and Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Her research focuses on teacher professional learning, curriculum development, and inclusion as it's central threads. Recent publications have explored phenomena such as fitness testing as a context for learning, and stereotypes in Physical Education.
Research interests
Laura utlises innovative approaches to explore Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum and pedagogy. Much of her work has been with HPE teachers (pre-service and in-service), and has focused upon the ways in which they plan, teach and assess as part of meaningful and inclusive HPE.
Her current PhD students are exploring:
- Physical Literacy
- Informal physical activity
- Teacher online professional learning and development
External positions
Editor, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education
2019 → …International Advisory Board, European Physical Education Review
2017 → …Keywords
- Professional Learning
- Teachers
- Physical Education
- Health and Wellbeing
- Sociology
- Inclusion
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects 2009 2020
Drawing intergenerational connections between museum and community for health and wellbeing: Developing a pedagogy for restoration
Alfrey, L., Tkachenko, N., Burke, G., Hall, C., O'Connor, J. & Price, A.
Monash University – Internal University Contribution
12/06/17 → 15/12/18
Project: Research
Skills4Life Evaluation Proposal for 2017-2019
Penney, D., Alfrey, L. & Jeanes, R.
31/05/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Sports without Borders: Youth Action Project
O'Connor, J., Alfrey, L. & Jeanes, R.
27/11/11 → 30/09/14
Project: Research
Research Output 2008 2019
Attitudes of pre-service physical education teachers to healthism: Development and validation of the Attitude Towards Healthism Scale (ATHS)
Alfrey, L., O’Connor, J., Phillipson, S., Penney, D., Jeanes, R. & Phillipson, S., 1 May 2019, In : European Physical Education Review. 25, 2, p. 424-437 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Figuring out the prevalence of fitness testing in physical education: a figurational analysis
Alfrey, L. & Gard, M., 2019, In : European Physical Education Review. 25, 1, p. 187-202 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Intergenerational understandings of personal, social and community assets for health
O'Connor, J. P., Alfrey, L., Hall, C. & Burke, G., May 2019, In : Health and Place. 57, p. 218-227 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Policy actors and artefacts bridging the policy-practice nexus in PETE
Lambert, K., O'Connor, J., Alfrey, L. & Penney, D., 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Other
Using a scale to explore pre-service physical education teachers’ attitudes towards difference: methodological opportunities and tensions
O'Connor, J., Alfrey, L., Jeanes, R. & Penney, D., 2019, Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity. Medcalf, R. & Mackintosh, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 85-98 14 p. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Best Paper award for 2017 in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy journal
Laura Alfrey (Recipient), Justen O'Connor (Recipient) & Ruth Jeanes (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
First Prize: Research Poster Presentation
Laura Alfrey (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)