• Obesogenic environments and obesity: A comment on 'Are environmental area characteristics at birth associated with overweight and obesity in school-aged children? Findings from the SLOPE (Studying Lifecourse Obesity PrEdictors) population-based cohort in the south of England' 

  Hobbs M; Radley D (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020)

  The term ‘obesogenic environment’ has been coined to refer to the influences that the surroundings, opportunities or conditions of life have on promoting obesity in individuals and populations. While the causes of ...

• Perceptions of Pacific children's academic performance at age 6 years: A multi-informant agreement study 

  Taleni LT; Tautolo ES; Kim, Hyun Min; Everatt, John; McNeill, Brigid; Gillon, Gail; Schluter, Philip (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020)

  Purpose In New Zealand, Pacific immigrants are among the fastest growing ethnic minorities but, as a group, they are also at most risk of not realising their literacy and educational aspirations critical for achieving their ...

• Accuracy of buffers and self-drawn neighbourhoods in representing adolescent GPS measured activity spaces: An exploratory study 

  Christensen A; Griffiths C; Gorse G; Radley D; Hobbs, M. (Elsevier BV, 2021)

  Background: There continues to be a lack of understanding as to the geographical area at which the environment exerts influence on behaviour and health. This exploratory study compares different potential methods of both ...

• Negotiating tensions in identity: from physical education teacher educator to academic leader 

  Patton K; Coulter M; North, Chris (Informa UK Limited, 2021)

  Academics in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE), similar to their counterparts in other disciplines, receive little formal preparation when they take on academic leadership positions. Yet such career changes require ...

• Determinant physiological factors of simulated BMX race 

  Daneshfar A; Petersen C; Gahreman D (Informa UK Limited, 2021)

  © 2021 European College of Sport Science. Evaluating the physiological demands of BMX cycling on a track provides coaches with the information required to prescribe more effective training programmes. To determine the ...

• Why Adolescent girls play basketball in Australia and its meaning for them. 

  Light RL; Pimenta RM (Scholink Co, Ltd., 2020)

  The potential of organized sport to contribute to the health and wellbeing of young people justifies concern about their participation in it. While most research focuses on barriers and drop out, this article reports on a ...

• Māori views of forensic DNA evidence: an instrument of justice or criminalizing technology? 

  Ahuriri-Driscoll A; Tauri J; Veth J (Informa UK Limited, 2020)

  © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. DNA profiling is just one of many tools available to police in a criminal investigation. However, unlike any other criminal investigative tool, DNA profiling ...

• Influence of artefact correction and recording device type on the practical application of a non-linear heart rate variability biomarker for aerobic threshold determination 

  Rogers B; Giles D; Draper N; Mourot L; Gronwald T (MDPI AG, 2021)

  © 2021 by the authors. Recent study points to the value of a non-linear heart rate variability (HRV) biomarker using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA a1) for aerobic threshold determination (HRVT). Significance of ...

• Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use among university students in Queensland, Australia and New Zealand: results of two cross-sectional surveys 

  Wamamili B; Lawler S; Wallace-Bell M; Gartner C; Sellars D; Grace RC; Courtney R; Coope P (BMJ, 2021)

  Objectives Examine the patterns of cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use (vaping), the perceived harm of e-cigarettes compared with tobacco cigarettes, and associations between smoking and vaping with student ...

• Unpacking the efficacy of Reading to Learn using Cognitive Load Theory 

  Millin T; Mark M; Pearce J (2020)

  This paper synthesises the key findings of past separate studies conducted by the same authors, which sought to assess the efficacy of the Reading to Learn (RtL) literacy intervention on students' academic writing performance. ...

• Relational Aggression during Early Childhood: A Systematic Review 

  Swit CS; Slater NM (Elsevier BV, 2021)

  Seminal work on relational aggression in middle childhood began in 1995 and the first study to examine relational aggression in early childhood was published in 1996 in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education. Since ...

• Assembling the actors: exploring the challenges of ‘system leadership’ in education through Actor-Network Theory 

  Kamp A (Informa UK Limited, 2017)

  This paper presents insights into the leadership implications of recent shifts in a range of policy contexts towards notions of collaboration and partnership. The paper draws on empirical research into the formation and ...

• Teaching together: Reflections on developing a collaborative interdisciplinary teaching framework within a tertiary teaching team. 

  Dutton H; Kamp A; Teschers C (2020)

  The Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership (BYCL) was launched by the University of Canterbury (UC) in 2020. The genesis of this new degree was a Stage One service-learning course that, in turn, arose from the ...

• Capitals and commitment. The case of a local learning and employment network 

  Kamp A (Informa UK Limited, 2009)

  This article draws on research undertaken with a Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) in the state of Victoria, Australia. LLEN are networks that were implemented by the state government in 2001 to undertake community ...

• Constructing inclusive education in a neo-liberal context: promoting inclusion of Arab-Australian studies in an Australian context 

  Kamp A; Mansouri F (Wiley, 2010)

  School systems are a major social change agent capable of challenging social inequalities and economic disadvantages. Yet, while schools in Australia are being confronted with increasingly culturally diverse populations ...

• 'Experimentation in contact with the real': Networking with Deleuze & Guattari 

  Kamp A (Common Ground Research Networks, 2011)

  This paper draws on data from a longitudinal case study of a Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) instituted by the state government in Victoria in the arena of post-compulsory education and training to explore the ...

• Once were young: reflexive hindsight and the problem of teen parents 

  Kamp A; Kelly P (Informa UK Limited, 2014)

  Adults are the ones who do the social science that takes young people as its object. In this paper, we draw on empirical research, social theory, our background in Youth Studies and, for one of us, experiential knowledge ...

• Humans, nonhumans and the mediation of workplace learning in the senior school curriculum 

  Kamp A (Informa UK Limited, 2017)

  © 2017 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd. This paper brings together concepts drawn from Actor Network Theory and data generated in a research project that was conducted across the island of Ireland. Using surveys and ...

• Performing mundane materiality: Actor-Network Theory, global student mobility and a re/formation of 'social capital' 

  Salomao Filho A; Kamp A (Informa UK Limited, 2019)

  Social capital is a puzzling actor; made real by its allies. It has been ‘out-there’ in the form of scientific publications for decades. Although some characteristics are common to all elaborations of this theory (networks, ...

• Sustainable prosperity and enterprises for Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand: A review of the literature 

  Neha T; Macfarlane A; Macfarlane S; Clarke TH; Derby M; Torepe T; Duckworth F; Gibson M; Fletcher J (2020)

  The purpose of this paper is to explore recent literature on ways that Māori (the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand) have developed strategies to attain sustainable prosperity and develop effective enterprises. ...

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