Tainá Rossi
Biographic Data
| ID | 178508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tainá Rossi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tainá |
| FAMILY NAME | Rossi |
| SIGNATURE | ROSSI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7848-7088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Supporting preservice teachers to implement an alternative physical education pedagogy on practicum
Background Various student-centred teaching approaches have been promoted within physical education teacher education (PETE) courses for many years. However, building preservice teachers’ (PTs’) pedagogical skills for the effective implementation of these approaches beyond university and into their school practicum has been challenging for PE teacher educators. A recent study by Moy, Rossi, and Russell ([2023]. “Supporting PETE students to Implem…
Supporting Pete students to implement an alternative pedagogy
Background Since 1982 many student-centred physical education teaching approaches have been proposed as viable alternatives to the traditional teacher-centred methodology. However, research indicates that their uptake by physical education practitioners has been limited. This is concerning, particularly given the prominence of alternative approaches within many PETE courses worldwide. For PETE students, implementing an alternative teaching approa…
‘I keep my brain on my iPhone’ – being and becoming an emergency physician in a technological age
The use of mobile information and communication technologies within health and medical education contexts is widespread and generally viewed positively. Such technologies are primarily used for information seeking and are often undertaken informally. This qualitative, phenomenological study offers not only a deep and contextually sensitive discussion of how emergency physicians use mobile technologies in their day-to-day work, but also extends th…
Personality Traits of Brazilian Pet Owners and Nonowners and Their Association with Attachment to Pets
Research shows that pet ownership is associated with different personality traits. In addition, the personality of pet owners is related to their level of attachment to their animals. Although there are already studies in the literature on this topic, few have examined these associations in the Brazilian population. The aim of this study, therefore, was to compare the personality traits of a sample (n = 2,463) of pet owners and nonowners from Bra…
Are we there yet? (Illusions of) Inclusion in sport for LGBT+ communities in Australia
This paper reports findings from five recent studies related to gender and sexuality in Australian sport. It offers a challenge to widespread claims that exclusionary practices such as homo/bi/transphobia have been reduced or eliminated within sport settings. We suggest there remains much to be done towards 'inclusion', and that the concept itself is perhaps an illusion. Drawing on 'diversity work' theory we suggest inclusion is yet to be fully r…
It's not worth the fight’: Fathers' perceptions of family mealtime interactions, feeding practices and child eating behaviours
Fathers' perceptions of feeding children are rarely considered in the literature, yet there is growing recognition of their unique contribution to the family feeding environment. This study aimed to explore fathers' perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and lived experiences of mealtime interactions with children and other family members. Fathers (N = 27) of children aged ≤12 years old were recruited from occupationally diverse workplaces and participa…
The commercial school heterarchy
This paper explores the rise of philanthropy and the influence corporate partnerships have on the practice of public schooling. We do this by focusing on one public school in Australia and its partnership with one global commercial actor. The paper proceeds by outlining new philanthropy in public schooling and in particular, how commercial organisations are now sponsoring or making donations to local public schools as part of their focus on Corpo…
The pedagogisation of health knowledge and outsourcing of curriculum development: The case of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden initiative
It is apparent that the dimensions of health within and under the auspices of schooling are open to contributions by other providers that exist outside of school systems. We acknowledge schools often resort to outside providers for a number of reasons; for example, to broaden the curriculum experiences for children, or to compensate for the absence of expertise within a school. The central focus for this paper is to try to understand these phenom…
Schools, student health and family welfare: Exploring teachers’ work as boundary spanners
Young people's health and welfare is an enduring, and sometimes contested, underpinning rationale for compulsory schooling. However, a contemporary culture of austerity and accountability has challenged the capacity of schools to address health‐related agendas. This article reports on how four Australian teachers negotiate the network of partnerships within and beyond the school when attempting to solve their students’ particular health and welfa…
Participants’ physical activity levels and evaluations of a school sport programme in Papua New Guinea
In its contemporary form, sport for development has been positioned as an important part of strategic policy for a variety of governmental and sporting organisations. One area that has been targeted by governments and a variety of sporting partners has been the impact of sport on non-communicable diseases (NCDs, sometimes colloquially referred to as ‘lifestyle diseases’ such as obesity). However, relatively little evidence exists for the impact o…
Entering the field: Beginning teachers’ positioning experiences of the staffroom
Little is known about beginning teachers’ political positioning experiences of the staffroom. This paper employs Bourdieu's conceptual tools of field, habitus and capital to explore beginning health and physical education teachers’ positioning experiences and learning in staffrooms, the place in which teachers spend the majority of their non-teaching school time. From an Australian context, we present beginning (or emerging) teachers’ stories fro…
Education, pedagogy and sport for development: Addressing seldom asked questions
This special issue features the growing field of Sport for Development. Importantly few questions have been raised about the educative quality of sport for development programmes or the pedagogies by which they are delivered. This seems to be something of an oversight since; by definition development infers some sort of learning or educative process. This introductory paper provides an editorial commentary and summary on the papers included in th…
Teachers as health workers: Patterns and imperatives of Australian teachers’ work
With increasing cross‐sectoral relationships and partnerships and the blurring of the boundaries of the various service sectors, the membrane that is assumed to separate education and health in terms of young people's wellbeing looks thinner than ever. In this project we are concerned to know what teachers do in terms of young people's health, how much time they spend doing it and to what extent this work might be considered as health work ? The …
Major practicum as a learning site for exercise science professionals: A pilot study
Exercise science is now an integral part of the allied health framework in Australia and graduates from accredited programmes are equipped with skills recognised as being important in the prevention and management of lifestyle-related diseases. This pilot study sought to determine the experiences of 11 final-year exercise science students in their major practicum and identify skills learned and developed while on placement. Analysis of the interv…
Social processes of health and physical education teachers’ identity formation: Reproducing and changing culture
This paper examines Initial Teacher Education students’ experiences of participation in health and physical education (HPE) subject department offices and the impact on their understandings and identity formation. Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, field, and practice along with Wenger’s communities of practice form the theoretical frame used in the paper. Data were collected using surveys and interviews with student‐teachers following their …
Becoming a health and physical education (HPE) teacher: Student teacher ‘performances’ in the physical education subject department office
The Games Concept Approach (GCA) as a mandated practice: Views of Singaporean teachers
This paper reports on the views of Singaporean teachers of a mandated curriculum innovation aimed at changing the nature of games pedagogy within the physical education curriculum framework in Singapore. Since its first appearance over 20 years ago, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), as an approach to games pedagogy has gathered support around the world. Through a process of evolution TGfU now has many guises and one of the latest of these …
National Education as a ‘Civics’ Literacy in a Globalized World: The challenges facing education in Singapore
In this paper we discuss the idea of national education in Singapore. National education, broadly speaking, is a civics programme which seeks to instil a sense of place, identity and history in young Singaporeans with a view to developing national pride and commitment. We set this discussion against the backdrop of globalization and the idea of wired communities and argue that any civics programme needs to be more than simply a nationalistic agen…
Seeing it Differently: Physical Education, Teacher Education and the Possibilities of Personal Construct Theory
In England and Wales, government proposals for teacher education continue to emphasize 'training' linked directly to practical application, perhaps reducing teachers and \nprospective teachers to little more than what Giroux & Mclaren (1987) call pedagogical clerks who are compelled to teach in ways that are measurable, controllable, and \npredictable. This provides evidence that the scientization of teaching (see Carr & Kemmis, 1986) more broadl…
Education, pedagogy and sport for development: Addressing seldom asked questions
This special issue features the growing field of Sport for Development. Importantly few questions have been raised about the educative quality of sport for development programmes or the pedagogies by which they are delivered. This seems to be something of an oversight since; by definition development infers some sort of learning or educative process. This introductory paper provides an editorial commentary and summary on the papers included in th…
It's not worth the fight’: Fathers' perceptions of family mealtime interactions, feeding practices and child eating behaviours
Fathers' perceptions of feeding children are rarely considered in the literature, yet there is growing recognition of their unique contribution to the family feeding environment. This study aimed to explore fathers' perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and lived experiences of mealtime interactions with children and other family members. Fathers (N = 27) of children aged ≤12 years old were recruited from occupationally diverse workplaces and participa…
Are we there yet? (Illusions of) Inclusion in sport for LGBT+ communities in Australia
This paper reports findings from five recent studies related to gender and sexuality in Australian sport. It offers a challenge to widespread claims that exclusionary practices such as homo/bi/transphobia have been reduced or eliminated within sport settings. We suggest there remains much to be done towards 'inclusion', and that the concept itself is perhaps an illusion. Drawing on 'diversity work' theory we suggest inclusion is yet to be fully r…
Becoming a health and physical education (HPE) teacher: Student teacher ‘performances’ in the physical education subject department office
The Games Concept Approach (GCA) as a mandated practice: Views of Singaporean teachers
This paper reports on the views of Singaporean teachers of a mandated curriculum innovation aimed at changing the nature of games pedagogy within the physical education curriculum framework in Singapore. Since its first appearance over 20 years ago, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), as an approach to games pedagogy has gathered support around the world. Through a process of evolution TGfU now has many guises and one of the latest of these …
Social processes of health and physical education teachers’ identity formation: Reproducing and changing culture
This paper examines Initial Teacher Education students’ experiences of participation in health and physical education (HPE) subject department offices and the impact on their understandings and identity formation. Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, field, and practice along with Wenger’s communities of practice form the theoretical frame used in the paper. Data were collected using surveys and interviews with student‐teachers following their …
National Education as a ‘Civics’ Literacy in a Globalized World: The challenges facing education in Singapore
In this paper we discuss the idea of national education in Singapore. National education, broadly speaking, is a civics programme which seeks to instil a sense of place, identity and history in young Singaporeans with a view to developing national pride and commitment. We set this discussion against the backdrop of globalization and the idea of wired communities and argue that any civics programme needs to be more than simply a nationalistic agen…
The commercial school heterarchy
This paper explores the rise of philanthropy and the influence corporate partnerships have on the practice of public schooling. We do this by focusing on one public school in Australia and its partnership with one global commercial actor. The paper proceeds by outlining new philanthropy in public schooling and in particular, how commercial organisations are now sponsoring or making donations to local public schools as part of their focus on Corpo…
Teachers as health workers: Patterns and imperatives of Australian teachers’ work
With increasing cross‐sectoral relationships and partnerships and the blurring of the boundaries of the various service sectors, the membrane that is assumed to separate education and health in terms of young people's wellbeing looks thinner than ever. In this project we are concerned to know what teachers do in terms of young people's health, how much time they spend doing it and to what extent this work might be considered as health work ? The …
Personality Traits of Brazilian Pet Owners and Nonowners and Their Association with Attachment to Pets
Research shows that pet ownership is associated with different personality traits. In addition, the personality of pet owners is related to their level of attachment to their animals. Although there are already studies in the literature on this topic, few have examined these associations in the Brazilian population. The aim of this study, therefore, was to compare the personality traits of a sample (n = 2,463) of pet owners and nonowners from Bra…
The pedagogisation of health knowledge and outsourcing of curriculum development: The case of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden initiative
It is apparent that the dimensions of health within and under the auspices of schooling are open to contributions by other providers that exist outside of school systems. We acknowledge schools often resort to outside providers for a number of reasons; for example, to broaden the curriculum experiences for children, or to compensate for the absence of expertise within a school. The central focus for this paper is to try to understand these phenom…
Schools, student health and family welfare: Exploring teachers’ work as boundary spanners
Young people's health and welfare is an enduring, and sometimes contested, underpinning rationale for compulsory schooling. However, a contemporary culture of austerity and accountability has challenged the capacity of schools to address health‐related agendas. This article reports on how four Australian teachers negotiate the network of partnerships within and beyond the school when attempting to solve their students’ particular health and welfa…
Major practicum as a learning site for exercise science professionals: A pilot study
Exercise science is now an integral part of the allied health framework in Australia and graduates from accredited programmes are equipped with skills recognised as being important in the prevention and management of lifestyle-related diseases. This pilot study sought to determine the experiences of 11 final-year exercise science students in their major practicum and identify skills learned and developed while on placement. Analysis of the interv…
Seeing it Differently: Physical Education, Teacher Education and the Possibilities of Personal Construct Theory
In England and Wales, government proposals for teacher education continue to emphasize 'training' linked directly to practical application, perhaps reducing teachers and \nprospective teachers to little more than what Giroux & Mclaren (1987) call pedagogical clerks who are compelled to teach in ways that are measurable, controllable, and \npredictable. This provides evidence that the scientization of teaching (see Carr & Kemmis, 1986) more broadl…
The Games Concept Approach (GCA) as a mandated practice: Views of Singaporean teachers
This paper reports on the views of Singaporean teachers of a mandated curriculum innovation aimed at changing the nature of games pedagogy within the physical education curriculum framework in Singapore. Since its first appearance over 20 years ago, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), as an approach to games pedagogy has gathered support around the world. Through a process of evolution TGfU now has many guises and one of the latest of these …
National Education as a ‘Civics’ Literacy in a Globalized World: The challenges facing education in Singapore
In this paper we discuss the idea of national education in Singapore. National education, broadly speaking, is a civics programme which seeks to instil a sense of place, identity and history in young Singaporeans with a view to developing national pride and commitment. We set this discussion against the backdrop of globalization and the idea of wired communities and argue that any civics programme needs to be more than simply a nationalistic agen…
Becoming a health and physical education (HPE) teacher: Student teacher ‘performances’ in the physical education subject department office
Social processes of health and physical education teachers’ identity formation: Reproducing and changing culture
This paper examines Initial Teacher Education students’ experiences of participation in health and physical education (HPE) subject department offices and the impact on their understandings and identity formation. Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, field, and practice along with Wenger’s communities of practice form the theoretical frame used in the paper. Data were collected using surveys and interviews with student‐teachers following their …
Major practicum as a learning site for exercise science professionals: A pilot study
Exercise science is now an integral part of the allied health framework in Australia and graduates from accredited programmes are equipped with skills recognised as being important in the prevention and management of lifestyle-related diseases. This pilot study sought to determine the experiences of 11 final-year exercise science students in their major practicum and identify skills learned and developed while on placement. Analysis of the interv…
Entering the field: Beginning teachers’ positioning experiences of the staffroom
Little is known about beginning teachers’ political positioning experiences of the staffroom. This paper employs Bourdieu's conceptual tools of field, habitus and capital to explore beginning health and physical education teachers’ positioning experiences and learning in staffrooms, the place in which teachers spend the majority of their non-teaching school time. From an Australian context, we present beginning (or emerging) teachers’ stories fro…
Education, pedagogy and sport for development: Addressing seldom asked questions
This special issue features the growing field of Sport for Development. Importantly few questions have been raised about the educative quality of sport for development programmes or the pedagogies by which they are delivered. This seems to be something of an oversight since; by definition development infers some sort of learning or educative process. This introductory paper provides an editorial commentary and summary on the papers included in th…
Teachers as health workers: Patterns and imperatives of Australian teachers’ work
With increasing cross‐sectoral relationships and partnerships and the blurring of the boundaries of the various service sectors, the membrane that is assumed to separate education and health in terms of young people's wellbeing looks thinner than ever. In this project we are concerned to know what teachers do in terms of young people's health, how much time they spend doing it and to what extent this work might be considered as health work ? The …
Participants’ physical activity levels and evaluations of a school sport programme in Papua New Guinea
In its contemporary form, sport for development has been positioned as an important part of strategic policy for a variety of governmental and sporting organisations. One area that has been targeted by governments and a variety of sporting partners has been the impact of sport on non-communicable diseases (NCDs, sometimes colloquially referred to as ‘lifestyle diseases’ such as obesity). However, relatively little evidence exists for the impact o…
Schools, student health and family welfare: Exploring teachers’ work as boundary spanners
Young people's health and welfare is an enduring, and sometimes contested, underpinning rationale for compulsory schooling. However, a contemporary culture of austerity and accountability has challenged the capacity of schools to address health‐related agendas. This article reports on how four Australian teachers negotiate the network of partnerships within and beyond the school when attempting to solve their students’ particular health and welfa…
It's not worth the fight’: Fathers' perceptions of family mealtime interactions, feeding practices and child eating behaviours
Fathers' perceptions of feeding children are rarely considered in the literature, yet there is growing recognition of their unique contribution to the family feeding environment. This study aimed to explore fathers' perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and lived experiences of mealtime interactions with children and other family members. Fathers (N = 27) of children aged ≤12 years old were recruited from occupationally diverse workplaces and participa…
The commercial school heterarchy
This paper explores the rise of philanthropy and the influence corporate partnerships have on the practice of public schooling. We do this by focusing on one public school in Australia and its partnership with one global commercial actor. The paper proceeds by outlining new philanthropy in public schooling and in particular, how commercial organisations are now sponsoring or making donations to local public schools as part of their focus on Corpo…
The pedagogisation of health knowledge and outsourcing of curriculum development: The case of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden initiative
It is apparent that the dimensions of health within and under the auspices of schooling are open to contributions by other providers that exist outside of school systems. We acknowledge schools often resort to outside providers for a number of reasons; for example, to broaden the curriculum experiences for children, or to compensate for the absence of expertise within a school. The central focus for this paper is to try to understand these phenom…
Are we there yet? (Illusions of) Inclusion in sport for LGBT+ communities in Australia
This paper reports findings from five recent studies related to gender and sexuality in Australian sport. It offers a challenge to widespread claims that exclusionary practices such as homo/bi/transphobia have been reduced or eliminated within sport settings. We suggest there remains much to be done towards 'inclusion', and that the concept itself is perhaps an illusion. Drawing on 'diversity work' theory we suggest inclusion is yet to be fully r…
Supporting Pete students to implement an alternative pedagogy
Background Since 1982 many student-centred physical education teaching approaches have been proposed as viable alternatives to the traditional teacher-centred methodology. However, research indicates that their uptake by physical education practitioners has been limited. This is concerning, particularly given the prominence of alternative approaches within many PETE courses worldwide. For PETE students, implementing an alternative teaching approa…
‘I keep my brain on my iPhone’ – being and becoming an emergency physician in a technological age
The use of mobile information and communication technologies within health and medical education contexts is widespread and generally viewed positively. Such technologies are primarily used for information seeking and are often undertaken informally. This qualitative, phenomenological study offers not only a deep and contextually sensitive discussion of how emergency physicians use mobile technologies in their day-to-day work, but also extends th…
Personality Traits of Brazilian Pet Owners and Nonowners and Their Association with Attachment to Pets
Research shows that pet ownership is associated with different personality traits. In addition, the personality of pet owners is related to their level of attachment to their animals. Although there are already studies in the literature on this topic, few have examined these associations in the Brazilian population. The aim of this study, therefore, was to compare the personality traits of a sample (n = 2,463) of pet owners and nonowners from Bra…
Supporting preservice teachers to implement an alternative physical education pedagogy on practicum
Background Various student-centred teaching approaches have been promoted within physical education teacher education (PETE) courses for many years. However, building preservice teachers’ (PTs’) pedagogical skills for the effective implementation of these approaches beyond university and into their school practicum has been challenging for PE teacher educators. A recent study by Moy, Rossi, and Russell ([2023]. “Supporting PETE students to Implem…
Psychology (15 works) · Pedagogy (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (8 works) · Physical education (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (5 works) · Politics (5 works)