About Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER)
These series of podcasts looks to provide insight into a number of areas that will help to enhance the health and well-being of every Australian by educating, advocating, and leading professional practice in health education, physical education, sport and recreation.
How can the Health Promoting Schools framework support your work in vaping education? In this episode, Dr Melisa Chong, a lecturer in HPE at University of Southern Queensland speaks with Tameaka Lakey and Alexandra Bell, health promotion officers at Ballarat Community Health discuss about nicotine based products that young people are using and how teachers can teach the ‘alcohol and other drugs’ focus area to support their health enhancing decision making.
10 Aug 2026
Relationship and Sexuality Education
What are the benefits and challenges young people face in relationships? Dr Melisa Chong, a lecturer in HPE at University of Southern Queensland speaks with Tameaka Lakey and Alexandra Bell, health promotion officers at Ballarat Community Health. In this episode we discuss the habits of young people in relationships and the support teachers can receive in teaching the relationships and sexuality’ focus area in the HPE curriculum.
9 Jun 2026
Artificial Intelligence and youth mental health
What is the relationship between AI and youth mental health? How can teachers support young people in the use of AI for their mental health? Dr Melisa Chong, a lecturer in HPE at University of Southern Queensland speaks with Associate Professor Roisin McNaney, cross disciplinary digital health researcher and director of the CSIRO Next Generation of Graduates program in AI in Mental Health. In this episode, you will understand how young people use AI and some of the benefits and challenges the...
3 Mar 2026
What is a Health Promoting School? Part 2 of 2
What is a health promoting school? – Part 2 Dr Hugh Shannon, a Senior Lecturer in HPE at Queensland University of Technology speaks with authors Sue Dimitrijevich (Health education consultant & former school principal) and Amanda Ferguson (Project development officer – Nutritionist, Foodcore Nutrition Services) about tips and insights from the latest edition of the book ‘What is a health promoting school? Increasing health literacy in WA schools’. Part 2 continues the theme of application...
3 Mar 2026
What is a Health Promoting School? Part 1 of 2
What is a health promoting school? – Part 1 Dr Hugh Shannon, a Senior Lecturer in HPE at Queensland University of Technology speaks with authors Sue Dimitrijevich (Health education consultant & former school principal) and Amanda Ferguson (Project development officer – Nutritionist, Foodcore Nutrition Services) about tips and insights from the latest edition of the book ‘What is a health promoting school? Increasing health literacy in WA schools’. Part 1 includes discussion of what consti...
19 Sept 2025
Sun safety and nutrition in the Healthy Promoting Schools Framework
Sally Blane, SunSmart Manager at Cancer Council WA and Megan Sauzier, Chief Executive Officer at Foodcore Nutrition Services (formerly, WA School Canteen Association) chat about tips for teachers about sun safety and nutrition. In addition to the importance of teachers being good role models, you will hear about small changes that can have a big impact. Focusing on the three components of the HPS framework, schools can implement strategies to have better health outcomes for children and young...
7 Apr 2025
Enhancing students’ skill and motivation using an alternative teaching approach
Dr Joe Scott, a Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education in the School of Education and Tertiary Access at the University of the Sunshine Coast speaks with Associate Professor Brendan Moy from the Queensland University of Technology. As a former HPE teacher and an experienced university teacher educator, Brendan shares his valuable insights on how HPE teachers can tweak the design and delivery of their current learning experiences to enhance the transfer of student’s skills from...
13 Mar 2025
Talking Creative PE, with John Quay and Abbey Boyer
In this podcast, A/Prof Sue Whatman talks with Professor John Quay and Abbey Boyer from the University of Melbourne about a holistic pedagogical framework called Creative PE. This framework draws on aspects of various pedagogical models in PE, including foundational movement skills, teaching games for understanding, sport education, and taking personal and social responsibility, to offer a way to plan and teach units that supports meaningful engagement with PE. Professor John Quay has ...
17 Sept 2024
Using a whole school approach to build effective relationships between students, teachers and wider community
Joel Richardson is Head of Health and Physical Education at St Edmunds College, Canberra, a Year 4-12 all-boys school. St Edmunds is a Catholic School in the Tradition of Edmund Rice, it educates young men spiritually, academically, socially, physically and creatively in a compassionate Catholic context.Joel discusses how he skilfully builds relationships with his students and emphasises that relationships between students, teachers and parents means ‘everything’ at the school. Relationship b...
1 Aug 2024
Fostering healthy food options in our Schools
Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education at University of Canberra John Williams speaks with senior dietician and Executive Officer Leanne Ellison from ACT Nutrition about healthier food options in our school canteens.
How do we align food options with basic nutritional requirements to support overall healthy school environments, as well as professional development for teachers around nutrition.
Setting up positive food experiences and exposure for children as early as possible.
9 May 2024
Teachers as Health Workers
The discussion topic we have is on teachers as health workers. As teachers are increasingly engaging in work related to the health and wellbeing of children, it becomes critical in understanding how this work is undertaken in the work of teachers. This Australian Research Council (ARC) project. In this interview, we understand what teachers’ health work is about and how it is enacted in schools. Lastly, we ask Tony on the significance of this research to teachers.
Interviewer: Melisa Chong is a lecturer in Health and Physical Education from the University of Southern Queensland. She is a member of the Australian Health Promoting Schools committee and researches in the area of teachers’ health work in primary schools.
Interviewee: Professor Tony Rossi is a deputy dean in the School of Health Sciences from Western Sydney University. He is one of the team members of the Australian Research Council project on Teachers as health workers. The team has published a book titled ‘Teachers as Health workers’ and multiple journal articles from the project.
27 Mar 2024
Supporting mental health & wellbeing with Outdoor Education: a toolkit from Outdoors Victoria
In this podcast, A/Prof Sue Whatman interviews Luke Parker from Outdoors Victoria about their toolkit for outdoor education. A new element of the toolkit assists teachers to make use of the outdoors to support better mental health and wellbeing. Outdoors Victoria partnered with ACHPER's Victorian branch in developing the toolkit to help not only HPE teachers to see the opportunities of teaching outdoors, but teachers across the curriculum.
Luke is a former teacher and is the current Education advisor for Outdoors Victoria for over 4 years where he works with numerous stakeholders including teaching organisations, Schools, and the Department of Education to encourage outdoor learning across the curriculum. Furthermore, he is a University Lecturer at Australian Catholic University in Outdoor Education, PE, Health and ICT. Luke is the founder of one of Western Victoria’s first Aerial (drones) & VR imaging companies with clients including Universal Studios Hollywood, Warner Brothers Hollywood and the AFL to name a few.
You can find the toolkit here: https://www.outdoorsvictoria.org.au/outdoor-learning/ (https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outdoorsvictoria.org.au%2Foutdoor-learning%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cadrian.fisher%40busselton.wa.gov.au%7C655194026f2440ff3bec08dc3a719d54%7C3e8baa1fe4a54a1888277c9adecccdd2%7C0%7C0%7C638449506870611000%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hwRbmIgrcTV3UgXj%2BNyk89bquGx%2FaUomgXtwQFu4P2M%3D&reserved=0)
10 Jan 2024
Becoming Autistic: How technology is altering the minds of the next generation
Natalie McMaster talks with Associate Professor Michael Nagel from the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Michael has coauthored a book titled Becoming Autistic: How technology is altering the minds of the next generation. Today's discussion focusses on the consequences of developmental changes in young people due to screen use and how they are increasingly being expressed as psychological and behavioural changes that very much resemble known disorders such as autism spectrum disorder.
More information is available at:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/becoming-autistic-rachael-sharman/book/9781922607140.html (https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fbecoming-autistic-rachael-sharman%2Fbook%2F9781922607140.html&data=05%7C01%7Cadrian.fisher%40busselton.wa.gov.au%7Cfa1589ab020845bc020c08db98be316b%7C3e8baa1fe4a54a1888277c9adecccdd2%7C0%7C0%7C638271714889039264%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qwUQcsOYPbjOWBTI%2FoNaYmOpqctR2RkcAJESPDWv9u8%3D&reserved=0)
20 Sept 2023
Using diet quality and dietary patterns to have positive discussions about nutrition and health
Dr Drew Miller is the Deputy Director of the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre at the University of Newcastle. Drew’s research interests involve the study of motor development through games based methodologies and pedagogical quality more broadly in education.
Ms Tammie Jakstas is a qualified Accredited Practice Dietitian and Secondary teacher current PhD candidate at The University of Newcastle, focusing on Food and Nutrition-related Health and Wellbeing in Schoolteachers.
Those interested in knowing more about the study:
https://uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/t/ARnRcZRs4K (https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funinewcastle.questionpro.com.au%2Ft%2FARnRcZRs4K&data=05%7C01%7Cadrian.fisher%40busselton.wa.gov.au%7C1b359266a07d4002f04208dba9ac712d%7C3e8baa1fe4a54a1888277c9adecccdd2%7C0%7C0%7C638290330351223491%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OJBe0TPKpJYpLTGCuHR6dBuXko7fFBZeM8u7007Y0as%3D&reserved=0)
9 Aug 2023
Supporting Adolescent Learners: Social and Emotional Wellbeing
Natalie McMaster talks with Donna Pendergast, Director Engagement in the Arts, Education and Law Group, and the former Dean and Head of School of Education and Professional Studies (2009-2023) at Griffith University.
Listen to learn more about a global MOOC for professional development which explores the social and emotional wellbeing of young adolescents. Use this URL to access the MOOC https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/supporting-adolescent-learners (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/supporting-adolescent-learners)
2 Jun 2023
Psychological Safety for Teachers with Alison Willis
Natalie McMaster talks with Alison Willis a lecturer in curriculum and pedagogy at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Alison has a chapter in the book titled Health and Well-Being in the Middle Grades: Research for Effective Middle Level Education. Today's discussion focusses on how to create environments in schools that support the psychological safety of teachers.
More information is available at:
https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Health-and-Well-Being-in-the-Middle-Grades (https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoagepub.com%2Fproducts%2FHealth-and-Well-Being-in-the-Middle-Grades&data=05%7C01%7Cadrian.fisher%40busselton.wa.gov.au%7C630de4d8d85b4178ea5208db63243d2a%7C3e8baa1fe4a54a1888277c9adecccdd2%7C0%7C0%7C638212779538101567%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=u02dNbLdKWhHLA1T1bhhcdbrLFp3%2FcSgJhxN%2B1DCf%2BI%3D&reserved=0)
27 Apr 2023
ACHPER - Health Promoting Schools Committee
ACHPER Board Director and University of Canberra Associate Professor John Williams speaks with Natalie McMaster Lecturer of Education at the University of Sunshine Coast along with Dr Hugh Shannon Senior Lecturer HPE at Queensland University of Technology.
Today's subject is the ACHPER Health Promoting Schools Committee, what they do and how it came about.
22 Aug 2022
Discussion with Dr Sue Whatman ACHPER President
Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
30
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
27
Contact Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER)
Guest appearances
Books guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER)?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
