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Dr. Luiza Lana Goncalves

Senior Lecturer, Health and Physical Education

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Berwick Campus

Biography

Dr. Luiza Gonçalves is a Lecturer in Health and Physical Education in the IEAC at Federation University Australia. As an early career researcher she develops projects addressing teachers’ professional development and collaborative practices in education. Luiza accomplished her PhD in 2019 at University of São Paulo, Brazil with an internship at University of Limerick, Ireland. In the same year, she was the recipient of the AIESEP developing countries scholar award. Currently, Luiza has focused her work on collaborative practices in disadvantaged schools and the internationalisation of research. She publishes her work in high-quality Q1 journals in partnership with international scholars. Luiza serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the IJKHE - Taylor and Francis and as a reviewer of diverse academic journals in Health and Physical Education. Luiza’s work with professional development and collaborative practices can be organised into different categories:

  • School-university partnerships in Health and Physical Education.
  • Democratic practices in higher education.
  • Learning communities as a strategy for teachers’ professional development.
  • Internationalisation of Research

Fields of research

  • Physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy
  • Teacher education and professional development of educators
  • Higher education
  • Publications

Hermanas in dialogue: amplifying female South American voices in Australian Health and Physical Education Teacher Education

Reimagining school-university partnerships in physical education: a collaborative design to approach democratic professionalism

Physical education in rural schools: A scoping review

Becoming activist teacher educators: The learning journeys of two physical education cooperating teachers in a school - university partnership

Exploring Solidarity in Action: Key Methodological Features for Collaborative Research in Physical Education

Enacting democratisation of health and physical education teacher education: examining two teacher educators' experiences

A BNC-Formaao no Cenario de Reabertura do Debate Politico no Brasil

  • Journals
  • DOI reference:

Tensions in enacting democratic approaches in physical education teacher education