Wayne Smith

Biographic Data

ID3747146
NAMEWayne Smith
GIVEN NAMESWayne
FAMILY NAMESmith
SIGNATURESMITH W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Auckland
ORCID0000-0003-1642-2534
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS85
WORKS AS AUTHOR37
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1895
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX6

  • Hegemony, antagonism, and struggle

    Open AccessCheng Deng, Richard Philpot et al.ARTICLEPhysical Education and Sport…2025

    Background Leadership is hegemony (Fairclough, 1995. Critical Discourse Analysis. Harlow: Longman). Principals’ leadership is essential for maintaining and improving school culture, management, and curriculum. Their perspectives and discourses on physical education (PE) can show the status and practices of PE in school teaching and learning. However, current research into primary school principals’ perspectives and discourses on PE is scarce and …

  • Taking action for social justice in HPE classrooms through explicit critical pedagogies

    Open AccessRichard Philpot, G Gerdin et al.ARTICLEPhysical Education and Sport…2021

    Background : A focus on equity, democracy and social justice in HPE is pertinent in an era where there are growing concerns about the impact of neoliberal globalisation and precariousness of society (Kirk 2020 Kirk, D. 2020. Precarity, Critical Pedagogy and Physical Education. London: Routledge. [Google Scholar]). Although there is advocacy for teaching approaches in HPE that address issues of social justice, there is limited empirical research o…

  • Games-based movement education

    Wayne Smith, Alan Patrick Ovens et al.ARTICLEPhysical Education and Sport…2021

    Background: For many years, skill learning has been an important component of primary school physical education (PE) with most lessons focused on the teaching of fundamental movement skills (FMS) or sports techniques (Kirk 2010 Kirk, D. 2010. Physical Education Futures. New York: Routledge. [Google Scholar]). Increasingly, the generalist primary school teachers who are responsible for delivering the PE curriculum are facing multiple constraints t…

  • Enactive cognition and physical education – a natural coupling

    Wayne SmithARTICLESport Education and Society2021References: 4

    In this article, I argue for the adoption of enactive cognition (which includes emotional and social components) as a basis for understanding the nature of learning in, through and about movement in physical education. Enactivists argue that the process of learning is not one of developing an internal intellectualist understanding of the world or simply learning to adapt to and exploit affordances that exist in a detached external world, but rath…

  • Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE

    Open AccessG Gerdin, Richard Philpot et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2021Cited by: 5References: 53

    We currently find ourselves living in precarious times, with old and new social inequities on the rise due to the challenges associated with an unprecedented rise of global migration and neoliberalism, amplified in our post COVID-19 world. Research has demonstrated that there is a high correlation between inequality at the societal level and the overall health and wellbeing of individuals within those societies. We believe that school health and …

  • Social Justice Pedagogies in School Health and Physical Education—Building Relationships, Teaching for Social Cohesion and Addressing Social Inequities

    Open AccessG Gerdin, Lena Larsson et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    A focus on equity and social justice in school health and physical education (HPE) is pertinent in an era where there are growing concerns about the impact of neoliberal globalization and the precariousness of society. The aim of the present study was to identify school HPE teaching practices that promote social justice and more equitable health outcomes. Data were generated through 20 HPE lesson observations and post-lesson interviews with 13 HP…

  • School HPE

    Open AccessWayne Smith, Richard Philpot et al.ARTICLESport Education and Society2020Cited by: 5References: 11

    In a world of increasing diversity in which many established democracies are now consumed by capitalist individualism and protectionist ideals, a focus on equity and social justice is particularly pertinent. For many years, scholars have proposed that schools have the educational responsibility to prepare children for peaceful living in a heterogeneous society and claimed that health and physical education (HPE) activities at school can enhance i…

  • Kicking at the habitus

    Richard Philpot, Wayne Smith et al.ARTICLESport Education and Society2020Cited by: 7References: 15

    This paper reports the findings of a research project that sought to understand how a group of 19 graduating physical education teacher education (PETE) students’ biographies served to mediate their understanding of the messages of their PETE programme, which was underpinned by a critical pedagogy philosophy. We use the Bourdieuian concepts of habitus, field, pedagogical action and pedagogical work to represent the similarities and variation in t…

  • The enactment of social justice in HPE practice

    Open AccessSusanne Linnér, Lena Larsson et al.ARTICLESport Education and Society2020Cited by: 10References: 6

    For more than 40 years, health and physical education (HPE) academics in universities and teacher education colleges have drawn attention to issues of social justice specific to the context of PE and advocated for teachers in fields, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces to do a better job of promoting more equitable outcomes for all students. Building on this advocacy, in the late 1990s, countries such as Sweden, Norway and New Zealand d…

  • Exploring social justice pedagogies in health and physical education through Critical Incident Technique methodology

    Open AccessRichard Philpot, Wayne Smith et al.ARTICLEEuropean Physical Education Review2020Cited by: 4References: 16

    In this paper, we describe and reflect on the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) methodology used to explore how secondary school health and physical education (HPE) teachers address social justice in their teaching practice. The paper is informed by data generated as part of an ongoing three-year international research project involving eight physical education teacher education (PETE) researchers from three different countries. One of the genera…

  • Caring teaching and the complexity of building good relationships as pedagogies for social justice in health and physical education

    Open AccessKjersti Mordal Moen, Knut Westlie et al.ARTICLESport Education and Society2019Cited by: 9References: 8

    The Health and Physical Education (HPE) profession has increasingly advocated for caring teacher-student relationships. In this paper, we draw on data from an international research project called ‘EDUHEALTH’ [Education for Equitable Health Outcomes – The Promise of School Health and Physical Education] to explore caring teaching and the complexity of building good relationships as pedagogies for social justice in HPE. The data reported on in thi…

  • Researching social justice and health (in)equality across different school Health and Physical Education contexts in Sweden, Norway and New Zealand

    Open AccessG Gerdin, Richard Philpot et al.ARTICLEEuropean Physical Education Review2018Cited by: 16References: 2

    The way school Health and Physical Education (HPE) is conceptualized and taught will impact on its ability to provide equitable outcomes across gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion and social class. A focus on social justice in HPE is pertinent in times when these ideals are currently under threat from neoliberal globalization. This paper draws on data from the initial year of an international collaboration project called ‘Education for Equitab…

  • Climate change and health in Bangladesh

    Open AccessMd Iqbal Kabir, Md Bayzidur Rahman et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2016

    BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is facing the unavoidable challenge of adaptation to climate change. However, very little is known in relation to climate change and health. This article provides information on potential climate change impact on health, magnitude of climate-sensitive diseases, and baseline scenarios of health systems to climate variability and change. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study using multistage cluster sampling framework was conducted…

  • Effects of a community-based salt reduction program in a regional Australian population

    Open AccessMary‐Anne Land, Mary-Anne Land et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    NCT02105727

  • Knowledge and perception about climate change and human health

    Open AccessMd Iqbal Kabir, Md Bayzidur Rahman et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    The knowledge level about CC in our study group was average but the perception and awareness of CC related events and its impact on health was high. The most influential factor leading to understanding of CC and its impact on health was education. School-based intervention could be explored to increase peoples' knowledge about CC and necessary health adaptation at community level

  • It is only an intervention, but it can sow very fertile seeds

    G Gerdin, Richard Philpot et al.ARTICLESport Education and Society2016Cited by: 6References: 11

    The role that school health and physical education (HPE) plays in the making of physically active and healthy citizens continues to be rearticulated within the field of HPE practice. In Australasia, for example, this is evident in HPE curricula changes that now span almost two decades with ongoing advocacy for greater recognition of socially critical perspectives of physical activity and health. This paper reports on one part of a larger collabor…

  • Perceptions of risk from nanotechnologies and trust in stakeholders

    Open AccessAdam Capon, James Gillespie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Policy makers should consider the disparities in risk and trust perceptions between the public and influential stakeholders, placing greater emphasis on risk communication and the uncertainties of risk assessment in these areas of higher concern. Scientists being the highest trusted group are well placed to communicate the risks of nanotechnologies to the public

  • Protocol for the implementation and evaluation of a community-based intervention seeking to reduce dietary salt intake in Lithgow, Australia

    Open AccessMary‐Anne Land, Mary-Anne Land et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02105727

  • Fundamental movement skills and fundamental games skills are complementary pairs and should be taught in complementary ways at all stages of skill development

    Wayne SmithARTICLESport Education and Society2014Cited by: 2References: 3

    When observing skill and determining the competency of children and youth physical education teachers often focus on the coordination dynamics within the individual in the early years and then the individual's ability to play the game as they develop. But in these game contexts the focus is often still on the individuals' actions and not the relational dynamics that exist between individuals. This article questions why we give priority to the fun…

  • An alternative to Kirk's idea of the idea and a future for Physical Education

    Wayne SmithARTICLEAsia-Pacific Journal of Health…2011

    In his book ‘Physical Education Futures' (Routledge, London) David Kirk (2010) introduces the notion of the idea of the idea of physical education, which challenges all physical educators to think more deeply and broadly about physical education as a school subject. The notion of the idea of the idea enables a ‘big picture’ conceptualisation of physical education as a field of practice. Kirk uses the notion of the idea of the idea to speculate on…

  • The Preparation of HPE Teachers in New Zealand

    Wayne Smith, Richard Philpot et al.ARTICLEAsia-Pacific Journal of Health…2011

    Health and physical education teacher education (HPETE) in New Zealand has been subjected to numerous external influences and change elements in recent years. This article reflects on the impact of these influences on HPETE in our higher education institutions since the introduction of a new curriculum framework in 1993. The 1993 curriculum document introduced the notions of hauora and socio-ecological perspectives into health and physical educat…

  • Beginning & graduating student-teachers' beliefs about physical education

    Richard Philpot, Rod Philpot et al.ARTICLEAsia-Pacific Journal of Health…2011

    This paper reports the findings of a case-study that examined the different beliefs about the nature and purpose of physical education of beginning and graduating physical education teacher education students. Four themes emerged from the findings: ‘physical education as sport versus physical education as more than sport’; ‘the perceived importance of the biophysical sciences'; ‘health and physical education - a field of multiple discourses'; and…

  • The Discovery of Tourism

    Open AccessWayne Smith, Wayne W SmithARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2011

  • Association between Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Nutritional Status among the Women of Child Bearing Age

    Open AccessAbul Hasnat Milton, S M Shahidullah et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2010

    The role of nutritional factors in arsenic metabolism and toxicity is yet to be fully elucidated. A low protein diet results in decreased excretion of DMA and increased tissue retention of arsenic in experimental studies. Malnourished women carry a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Chronic exposure to high arsenic (>50 microg/L) through drinking water also increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The synergistic effects (if any)…

  • Trends in water usage and knowledge of arsenicosis in Bangladesh

    Open AccessBruce Caldwell, Wayne Smith et al.ARTICLEPopulation Space and Place2005References: 3

    The presence of arsenic in tubewell water has been identified as a major health problem in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Government, with international assistance, is attempting to mitigate the effects of arsenic by a major programme of tubewell water testing and education about arsenic and how its ingestion can be avoided. In early 2000 the first nationally representative cluster sample survey of water use in Bangladesh found that knowledge of arse…