Greg has been teaching Physical and Health Education for 22 years, both in New South Wales Secondary Schools as a classroom and Head Teacher and more recently at a Tertiary level as a lecturer. He lectures in Physical Education and Health in both the Secondary and Primary undergraduate programs specialising in the pedagogies of Physical and Health education with special interest in the pedagogy of games and sport education. He is enrolled in UOW's Doctoral program researching the use of Game Centred Approaches (GCA) by Pre Service Teachers.
Articles
How do you do what you do? Examining the development of quality teaching in using GCA in PETE teachers (with Jan Wright and Phil Pearson), Faculty of Education - Papers (2012)
Background: The move for educational reform to improve student outcomes and learning has been the...
Nintendo Wii: opportunities to put the education back into physical education (with Dana J. Perlman and Philip J. Pearson), Faculty of Education - Papers (2012)
Movement-based gaming technologies, such as the Nintendo Wii, are becoming more visible within the physical...
A social semiotic analysis of knowledge construction and games centred approaches to teaching (with Jan Wright), Faculty of Education - Papers (2007)
Games centred approaches (GCA) such as TGfU, Game Sense, Tactical Games are widely promoted as...
Contributions to Books
Using iPods to enhance the teaching of games in physical education, Faculty of Education - Papers (2009)
Game Centred Approaches (GCA) have been present in the Australian sporting community for the last...
Presentations
Turning the Switch On! The Teachers’ Ability to Influence Student Motivation in Physical Education (with Dana Perlman, Philip J. Pearson, and Kim Mckeen), Faculty of Education - Papers (2011)
Student motivation is an area of importance in physical education due to the association with...
Expanding the teaching games for understanding (TGfU) concept to include sport education in physical education program (SEPEP) (with Paul I. Webb and Philip J. Pearson), Faculty of Education - Papers (2009)
TGfU has been in the Australian sporting community for over a decade and more recently...
Developing quality teaching through authentic assessment and school-university partnerships (with Philip J. Pearson and Paul I. Webb), Faculty of Education - Papers (2007)
This paper examines the development of authentic assessment tasks focusing on the dimensions of quality...
Games for understanding in pre service teacher education: a 'game for outcome' approach for enhanced understanding of games (with Paul Webb and Phil Pearson), Faculty of Education - Papers (2007)
Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) is a games based pedagogical model aimed at generating greater...
Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) in primary and secondary physical education (with Paul I. Webb and Philip J. Pearson), Faculty of Education - Papers (2006)
Recent changes in teaching syllabuses and pedagogy have implications for practising teachers in relation to...