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| 2011 Board Meeting Minutes: | May 2011 | Aug 2011 | Oct 2011 |
2012 Board Meeting Dates: |
19th February | 29th April | 10th June | 18-19 August | 28 October | 9 December |
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Alan Ovens (President) Alan is currently a Principal Lecturer in the School of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland. His research and teaching focus on critical pedagogy, teacher education, and the nature of quality teaching in physical education. He is passionate about the nature and importance of professional communities to activities like teaching. His key aim is to ensure PENZ remains a diverse and active community that supports teachers work. Prior to being president, Alan has been an active member of PENZ, taking on a range of roles including being the Editor of the Journal, the Awards Officer and Chair of the Auckland Branch. |
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Lisette Burrows Lisette is an Associate Professor in Physical Education at the University of Otago where she has lectured and researched in Physical Education pedagogy for the past 17 years. Prior to this, Lisette taught Physical Education and Music in high schools and worked as a journalist. Lisette has been involved with PENZ for 18 years, the past six, as a member of the PENZ Board. Her research interests are in the place and meaning of health and physical activity in young people’s lives; critical analysis of Physical Education curriculum and Issues of equity and diversity in school-based physical education. |
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Margot Bowes Margot is currently a Lecturer in Physical Education in the School of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland. Margot has taught Physical Education in schools for 15 years and has been lecturing at university for 10 years. Margot has been involved with PENZ for over 25 years and has been an active member of the Auckland Branch of PENZ Committee since 1995. Her research interests are in senior school physical education, teacher professional development and learning, pedagogy and assessment. |
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Siobhan Harrod Siobhan works part-time for WaterSafe Auckland (WAI) as an Education Project Manager around Aquatics Education in Schools. She is also employed by Auckland University as a part-time facilitator for the Ministry of Education funded contract on "Whole School Approach to Student Wellbeing - Mental Health Education". Prior to this Siobhan held HOD Health & Physical Education roles both here and within the UK. She has been involved with PENZ since 1996, as a member of the Auckland Branch of PENZ, Chair of the Branch for the past six years and as a member of the PENZ Board for three. |
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Harko Brown Harko's intense interest in traditional Maori games resulted in him commencing a degree at Waikato University where he recently enrolled to do a Master's degree in Sport and Leisure Studies. Harko and his partner Verbina, are involved with local marae, kohanga reo and the education of their children in Whakatipuranga. They give talks and run workshops on traditional games and Maori kite flying, activities they will be taking abroad to India, the USA and the United Kingdom. Harko has drafted a book titled "The Matariki Games: Haka with the Stars". His tribal affiliations are strongest with Raukawa ki Waikato, Ngati Whatua ki Kaipara (Te Uri o Hau) and Ngati Te Rangi. |
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Kirsten Petrie Kirsten taught Health and Physical Education (HPE) in Christchurch before accepting a position as Teacher Educator at the University of Waikato in 2003. Teaching in both the Bachelor of Sport and Leisure Studies and the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary), Kirsten works to support students to think and act differently in relation to HPE. Kirsten was an active PENZ Branch Member in Christchurch and this is her second term as a PENZ Board Member. She Chairs both the Policy Committee and the Primary Focus Group. Kirsten has spent the last seven years researching Physical Education in primary schools which contributed to her doctoral thesis outlining the importance of a focus on ways to support primary school teachers as they learn to teach Physical Education |